After Lengthy Phone Call Putin Agrees to 30-Day Ceasefire on Energy Infrastructure
President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin held a multi-hour phone conversation earlier yesterday. Both the Kremlin and Trump administration release statements conveying agreement to a drawdown in combat and a 30-day ceasefire of hostilities beginning with a stoppage of energy infrastructure bombardment.
President Trump releases the following message via Truth Social: “My phone conversation today with President Putin of Russia was a very good and productive one. We agreed to an immediate Ceasefire on all Energy and Infrastructure, 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.
This War would have never started if I were President! Many elements of a Contract for Peace were discussed, including the fact that thousands of soldiers are being killed, and both President Putin and President Zelenskyy would like to see it end. That process is now in full force and effect, and we will, hopefully, for the sake of Humanity, get the job done!” ~ Donald Trump
The White House releases the following readout:
(Via Reuters) – MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump for Russia and Ukraine to stop attacks on each other’s energy infrastructure for 30 days and ordered the Russian military to cease them, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
[…] “The Russian side outlined a number of significant points regarding ensuring effective control over a possible ceasefire along the entire line of combat contact, the need to stop forced mobilisation in Ukraine, and the rearming of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” it said.
Putin also said that the key condition for resolving the conflict diplomatically should be “the complete cessation of foreign military assistance and provision of intelligence information to Kyiv”, the Kremlin added. (more)
The message from President Trump has been very direct and straightforward, stop the killing. The rest is details that can be worked out amid the parties involved. The blunt truth behind the message is an affirmation for peace.
Strategically, the renewal of a relationship between the U.S. and Russia allows President Trump to enlist the assistance of Putin on the issues of Iran and the middle east. Again, more peace.
Building reasonable economic ties that mutually assist each nation is another step toward stability, mutual respect and peace. Nothing about this is too complicated, yet it runs counter to traditional geopolitical approaches that create conflict within the space when talking stops.
Russia and Ukraine stop destroying energy and infrastructure. Then they stop maritime conflict in the Black Sea. Then eventually, shortly, all ground fighting stops at the current geographical lines of conflict, and talks of long-term peace begin.
There is mutual respect between President Trump and President Putin that is easy to understand when you recognize the value in brutal honesty that both leaders reflect. Dropping pretenses is the first step toward successful discussions.
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