President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he was excluding “Asha” that Russia would agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine because the cruel is the first step to end the three -year war.
“We know where we are with Ukraine,” he told reporters speaking from the Oval office with NATO general secretary Mark Rute.
“Hopefully they will do the right thing,” they added in the context of Russia.
President Donald Trump and Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rute at the White House on July 18, 2019. Rute, now NATO General Secretary met with Trump at the Oval office on 13 March 2025. (Reuters/Kevin Lamark)
Putin thanked Trump for the principles of ceasefire, but yes no
Trump’s comments Russian President Vladimir Putin gave an address in Moscow, in which he thanked Trump for his ceasefire efforts, given that he agreed with him in “theory”, but he indicated that he did not agree to a 30-day proposal because it was now standing.
Trump said he was aware of Putin’s comments at the time of the Oval Office press conference and classified the Russian leader’s comments as “promising”, but “incomplete”.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianchenko)
“He made a very promising statement, but it was not complete,” Trump said. “I would like to meet or talk to him, but we have to get it with fast.”
The President said that Russian officials have flagged off complaints related to the debate on the Zaporizhia power plant in NATO and the entry of Ukrainians, which Putin had touched during his address in Moscow.
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“A lot of details of a final agreement are actually discussed,” Trump explained the moments of reporters after Putin’s comment. “Now we are going to see whether Russia is there or not.
“If they are not, it would be a very disappointing moment for the world,” he said.
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