US President Donald Trump is set to speak to his Russian counterpart on Tuesday about a much-anticipated ceasefire proposal.
Donald Trump on Monday said that “much remains” to be agreed upon with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, ahead of highly anticipated phone call centring on a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Trump confirmed on his Truth Social platform that he and Putin will speak on Tuesday morning about proposal for a 30-day interim pause in fighting in the region.
Earlier on Monday, the US President said that Washington and Moscow had already discussed land, power plants, and “dividing up certain assets” between Russia and Ukraine as part of a dea
US special envoy Steve Witkoff and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt suggested that US and Russian officials have discussed the fate of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine.
“There’s a power plant that is on the border of Russia and Ukraine that was up for discussion with the Ukrainians, and he will address it in his call with Putin tomorrow,” Leavitt said on Monday.
The power plant has been caught in the centre of the crossfire since Moscow invaded and seized the facility shortly afterward — sparking alarm from international bodies that fighting around Europe’s largest nuclear power plant could lead to a potential nuclear catastrophe.
Putin so far said last week that although he agreed to the “idea” of a ceasefire, there were unanswered questions — such as the fate of Ukrainian soldiers in the region of Kursk — that needed to be discussed before Moscow could back the proposal.
He has also raised questions about how a potential ceasefire could be monitored, and ruled out the idea of placing NATO peacekeeping troops to ensure peace.
