March 19, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday agreed to an immediate pause in strikes against energy infrastructure in Ukraine during their 90-minute phone call, keeping negotiations open for a broader deal to end the conflict.

A White House readout described it as the first step in a "movement to peace" that it hopes will include a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea and eventually a full and lasting end to the fighting.

That agreement came "with an understanding that we will be working quickly to have a Complete Ceasefire and, ultimately, an END to this very horrible War between Russia and Ukraine," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post after his call with Putin.

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