President Trump said he would speak with President Vladimir F. Putin from Russia on Tuesday, when he continued to be optimistic that Russia would agree to a proposal to stop the fighting in Ukraine for 30 days.
“We want to see whether we can finish,” Mr. Trump told reporters on the Air Force on the Air Force on Sunday evening. “Perhaps we can. Maybe we cannot, but I think we have a very good chance.”
Mr. Trump said that progress was made in negotiations during the weekend, and there were continuous discussions on “dividing some assets”, with concessions specifically on land and power stations.
“I think we will talk about the land, it’s a lot of land. Mr. Trump said:” It is completely different from what it was before the war, as you know. “
He added: “We will talk about the power plants. This is a big question. But I think we have a lot of it already discussed a lot by both sides – Ukraine and Russia.”
On Sunday, Steve Whittkov, the US special envoy to the Middle East, who participated in the peace talks, said on Sunday to CNN, he held a positive meeting with Mr. Putin last week that lasted three to four hours. He refused to share the details of their conversation, but said that the two sides “narrowed the differences between them.”
Ukraine has already agreed to support the US -backed cease Trying the trap of Ukrainian forces To improve his position in the ceasefire talks.
Mr. Putin was Student on Friday The Ukraine forces in the Kursk region of Russia are surrendered. But by the weekend, after fierce fighting, the Ukrainians were Withdraw from most of the regionLeave them controlling a slice of land in Russia.
