March 19, 2025 | 03:42 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to halt attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities for 30 days. However, Putin has rejected a full ceasefire. Ukraine also has supported Putin's agreement.
According to the White House, a ceasefire in the Black Sea and a more comprehensive ceasefire agreement and permanent peace agreement will soon be reached. On Tuesday, March 18, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump and Putin had a phone call.
It is unclear whether Ukraine will be involved in these discussions. According to Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, the talks will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
"Up until recently, we really didn't have consensus around these two aspects - the energy and infrastructure ceasefire and the Black Sea moratorium on firing - and today we got to that place, and I think it's a relatively short distance to a full ceasefire from there," said Witkoff on the ''Hannity'' program on Fox News.
The Kremlin stated that Putin has ordered the Russian military to halt attacks on energy infrastructure after speaking with Trump. However, Putin is concerned that a temporary ceasefire may allow Ukraine to rearm and mobilize more troops. Ukraine is also feared to escalate its demands. Any resolution requires an end to all military and intelligence assistance to Ukraine, according to the Kremlin.
Trump told Fox News that assistance to Ukraine was not discussed in that conversation.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would support the proposal to halt attacks on energy facilities and infrastructure for 30 days. He said Russia launched over 40 unmanned aerial vehicles on Tuesday night, hitting a hospital in Sumy and other areas, including the outskirts of Kyiv surrounding the Ukrainian capital.
"Today, Putin de facto rejected the proposal for a complete ceasefire. It would be right for the world to reject in response any attempts by Putin to drag out the war," Zelensky said in a post on the Telegram messaging app cited from Reuters.
Trump welcomed the conversation with Putin. "We had a great call. It lasted almost two hours," Trump said on "The Ingraham Angle" on Fox News.
However, Trump failed to achieve a permanent ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine. Ukraine, which Trump had previously described as more difficult to work with than Russia, has agreed to the U.S. proposal for a full ceasefire for 30 days. However, Putin did not agree.
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