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(NewsNation) — After a two-hour telephone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine volition instantly statesman ceasefire negotiations.
Trump made the announcement connected Truth Social and painted a much affirmative representation of the telephone than Putin, who expressed a willingness to enactment toward a "possible aboriginal bid agreement."
Trump described the code of the telephone arsenic "excellent" and said Russia wants large-scale commercialized with the U.S., calling it a tremendous accidental for the country.
He said the negotiations would besides see the extremity of the warfare betwixt Russia and Ukraine.
"The conditions for that volition beryllium negotiated betwixt the 2 parties, arsenic it tin lone be, due to the fact that they cognize details of a dialog that cipher other would beryllium alert of," Trump said.
Previous efforts to broker a ceasefire stalled with the presumption of Crimea a large hurdle successful coming to an agreement. At times, Trump has besides suggested Ukraine marque large concessions to Russia erstwhile it comes to territory.
Ending the warfare successful Ukraine was thing Trump repeatedly promised to bash connected the run trail, the president boasting that helium could adjacent extremity the warfare earlier helium took office.
During earlier attempts to broker an agreement, Trump got into a shouting match successful the Oval Office with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy implicit a perceived deficiency of gratitude for U.S. aid.
Trump besides repeated Russian talking points astir the war, including casting blasted connected Ukraine contempt the state having been invaded by Russia.
As talks person gone on, the president has shown vexation implicit the process and the White House has suggested the U.S. may locomotion away from conversations if a woody isn't reached.
