Axios reports:
President Trump spoke on Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an effort to reach an agreement on a partial 30-day ceasefire with Russia, the White House said. The call took place one day after Trump spoke for more than two hours with Russian President Vladimir Putin and tried to convince him to agree to a full and immediate ceasefire with Ukraine that would last 30 days.
Putin didn’t accept Trump’s proposal and presented a list of preconditions for a full ceasefire, but the White House said the Russian president did agree to a 30-day halt of attacks on energy and civilian infrastructure. Zelensky said on Tuesday that he supports the U.S. proposal for stopping attacks on energy facilities and other civilian infrastructure. At the same time, he claimed that after Putin’s call with Trump the Russian military launched drone attacks against civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.
Read the full article.
Zelenskyy: Russia broke the alleged ceasfire on energy infrastructure strikes the same night Putin made a promise to US President Trump.
“Putin’s words are very much at odds with reality.” pic.twitter.com/zs5EtlZfiM
— UNITED24 Media (@United24media) March 19, 2025
Steve Witkoff said Russians shot down their own drones in order to comply with Putin’s order to stop attacking energy infrastructure and that he tends to “believe that president Putin is operating in good faith.”
Meanwhile, President Zelenskyy this morning said that Russia has… https://t.co/XlBRS4oNG7 pic.twitter.com/9j3Q3fdZ31
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) March 19, 2025