The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, speaks during a bilateral meeting at the Gran Kremlin Palace, on March 13, 2025, in Moscow, Russia.
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The president of the United States, Donald Trump, praised on Friday the “very good opportunity” of Russia and Ukraine that achieved a high fire led by 30 -day Washington, after the Kremlin supported the “idea” of the truce with warnings.
“We had very good and productive discussions with President Vladimir Putin of Russia yesterday, and there is a very good possibility that this horrible and bloody war can finally come to an end,” Trump said on his real social networks platform, in a probable reference to the Moscow meeting of his envoy, Steve Witkoff, with the leader of the Kremlin Putin.
The commitment occurred after the Russian president seemed to warm up for a high fire proposal in the United States that Ukraine has already supported.
“The idea [of a ceasefire] In itself it is correct and we are certainly supporting it, but there are problems that must be discussed, “Putin said on Thursday, urging more discussions with Washington and a possible call with White House leader Trump.
Putin has expressed concern that a temporary truce will wait for kyiv’s forces to “supply weapons” or “train newly mobilized units” and question how the fire would apply.
Trump, who has defrosted Washington’s relationship with Moscow since the beginning of January of his second term, said Thursday that kyiv and the White House had discussed elements of an agreement, including territorial concessions, the fate of an unidentified energy plant, probably the nuclear ease of Zaporizhia of Zaporizhia Russia, and the future accession of Ukrina to NATO.
“Now we will see if Russia is or not, and if they are not, it will be a very disappointing moment for the world,” Trump said. “[Putin] Put a very promising statement, but it was incomplete. And yes, I would love to meet him or talk to him. “
“We have a cautious optimism,” said the United States National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, in a Fox News TV interview. “Of course, both parties will have their demands, and of course, both parties will have to make some commitments, and the transfers of transfers of coming and going is happening.”
The Kremlin retained a cautious tone on Friday despite Thursday’s developments.
“There are certainly reasons to be cautiously optimistic,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, journalists, in comments translated into Google carried out by the exit of the Russian state Tass.
“[Putin] He said he supports President Trump’s position in terms of an agreement, but expressed some questions that must be answered together, “he added, according to Reuters.” Then, yes, in fact, much remains to be done, but nevertheless, the president expressed solidarity with the position of Mr. Trump. “
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized the Russian response on Friday:
“Now the world sees how Russia is deliberately presenting conditions that only complicate and delay everything, because Russia is the only entity that wants war not to end and diplomacy decomposes,” he said in a telegram post translated into Google.
‘Holding the proposal of Host Fire’
The draft of Alto El Fuego de Ceasefire of corrected by the United States marks an advance in the three -year wear conflict, which continued with attacks by night drones reported on both sides by Ukrainian and Russian officials. The proposal also restores relations in the American-Russian-Ukraine triangle, after a heated shock of the White House in the late February between Trump and Zelenskyy and the temporal interruption of kyiv US military aid seemed to be ready to push Washington more deeply in the orbit of the Kremlin.
Now it is Putin who must step on Trump, who has made the Russia-Ukraine war end, and reviewing the financial contributions of the United States towards it, a priority since he assumed the position.
However, some analysts question the fate of the high the fire agreement, which follows the previous failed peace plans of Zelenskyy and China.
“Putin is holding the proposal of Alto El Fuego and is trying to extract preventive concessions before formal negotiations to end war,” said the Institute for the Study of the War in the analysis, warning the leader of the Kremlin, it is likely to be “disinterested with the peace negotiations of good faith” “and still seeks to meet the long -term objectives of the demilitarization of Ukrainia.
“The high the planned fire of Putin would grant Russia disproportionate advantages to a large extent and establish conditions for Kremlin to renew hostilities in extremely favorable terms to Russia,” he added.
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