Putin agrees to Trump’s call to pause Ukraine energy attacks, but there is no complete end to fire

President Vladimir Putin rejected the fire in Ukraine immediately and completely, agreeing only to stop attacks on energy infrastructure after a call with US President Donald Trump.

The Russian leader refused to register in the overall monthly termination of the fire that the Trump team has recently worked with Ukrainians in Saudi Arabia.

He said that a complete truce could only work if foreign military assistance and sharing intelligence with Ukraine ended.

The European allies of Ukraine have previously rejected similar conditions.

The US and Russian leaders agreed that more peaceful peace talks would be held immediately in the Middle East, but the results of the conversation withdraw in the position of the Trump administration, where it stood a week ago.

When an American delegation met with Ukrainian counterparts in Jeddah last Tuesday, they convinced Kiev to agree to their proposal for an “immediate” 30-day cessation of fire, through land, air and sea.

President Volodimir Zelenski said Ukraine is receptive to the idea of ​​a truce covering the energy infrastructure, but first wants more details.

“I think it will be right that we will have a conversation with President Trump and find out in detail what the Russians offered to the Americans or what the Americans offered to the Russians,” Zelenski said.

Trump published on social media that the call with the Russian leader on Tuesday was “very good and productive”.

“We have agreed to the immediate cessation of all the energy and infrastructure, with the understanding that we will work quickly to have a full fire and, in the end, the end of this very terrible war between Russia and Ukraine,” said US president at Social Truth Social.

“Many elements of a peace treaty were discussed. Including the fact that thousands of soldiers were killed and President Putin and President Zelenski would like to see that this is over.”

Following last week’s negotiations in Jeddah, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the “ball” was in the Russian court after the Ukrainians accepted Washington’s proposal to completely end the fire.

But the White House statement after Trump-Putin’s call does not refer to this agreement with Kiev.

Instead, he said that the two leaders agreed that “the movement to peace will begin with the cessation of fire of energy and infrastructure,” followed by negotiations on “marine termination of fire in the Black Sea, complete cessation of fire and constant peace”.

But the Kremlin’s own statement about the call noted what they say they are a “series of significant questions” about the application of any agreement with KYIV. And he said that the end of foreign support and Ukraine’s intelligence was a “key condition” for Russia.

Trump and Putin agreed to the direct conversations at a technical level for a long -term agreement, which the Kremlin said should be “complex, stable and long -term character”.

But it is unclear whether this means additional negotiations between the US and Russia, or bilateral conversations between Russia and Ukraine.

Ukraine is likely to see the result of the long -awaited phone call on Tuesday as Vladimir Putin plays for time as he adds crippling conditions for each settlement.

The Russian leader has already tasted Trump’s willingness to cut the US support to Ukraine and tries to make him repeat it – while throwing the ball back to Kiev.