Ukraine-Russia struggle newest: Trump and Putin name to debate ceasefire ‘going well’, says White House | EUROtoday

A telephone name between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin has ended.

It lasted greater than an hour and a half, it has been reported.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin began their dialog at 2pm GMT, the White House introduced.

Dan Scavino, the deputy chief of employees, stated the converstion was “going well”.

Vladimir Putin was as a consequence of converse to Donald Trump between 1 pm and three pm GMT at present.

But the Russian chief was busy addressing oligarchs at a enterprise convention till 1.52 pm, when he ultimately left the venue. He had been speaking about how Western sanctions would proceed to attempt to exclude Russia from the worldwide financial system.

There has nonetheless not been any announcement a few name with Trump.

Pressed by former financial system minister Alexander Shokhin simply after 1 pm whether or not he could be late for the decision with Trump, Putin joked that it was higher to not take heed to his spokesperson, who had introduced the decision timings earlier.

Putin does have a historical past of constructing leaders wait.

Last Thursday, US envoy Steve Witkoff reportedly arrived in Moscow shortly after midday however solely met with Putin late within the night.

Is this taking place to Trump?

Just earlier than 2.30 pm at present, English-language state media web site Russia Today joked that Putin minimize his speak quick as a result of Trump was pestering him.

Could this be what Putin was making an attempt to counsel by delaying the decision? Autocrats are recognized for making folks wait. Putin is not any exception.

As we await info on Donald Trump’s name with Vladimir Putin, we remind you that Russia is continuous to push Ukrainian forces out of the border area of Kursk.

In lower than a fortnight, Ukraine’s partial maintain on the area has been lowered to lower than 10 per cent of its peak final October.

Russia had been making features over the previous few months however began making critical inroads after chopping off Ukraine’s final provide line just a few days into the beginning of March.

Ukraine’s partial management of Kursk might have proved a key bargaining chip for Kyiv in peace talks with Russia.