- Ukraine has agreed to our proposal for a 30-day truce.
- The United States expects Putin to commit to a ceasefire proposal.
- Analysts say the “worst situation” sells Trump’s future deals.
U.S. President Donald Trump will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to convince his peers to accept a ceasefire in the war with Ukraine and toward a more permanent end to the three-year conflict.
The high-stakes call will test Trump’s touted deal skills and his precious relationship with the Russian leader, which keeps American traditional allies on their custody.
“Many elements of the final agreement have been agreed, but there are still many,” Trump said in a social media post on Monday.
“The deaths of 2500 soldiers are brought from both sides every week, and now it must end. I’m very concerned about the phone call with President Putin.”
Ukraine has previously made it harder to cooperate with Russia, and he agreed to the 30-day ceasefire proposed by the United States. Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
“We got a good commitment from Ukraine last week,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told “Guy Benson’s performance” on Fox News Radio on Monday.
“They agreed to stop shooting and freeze everything where we can talk about how to end this permanently. Now, we have to get something similar from the Russians,” Rubio said. “Tomorrow after the president speaks to Putin, we will know more tomorrow. Hopefully we will be in a better place.”
Trump has hinted at what aspects will constitute a long-term peace plan, including territorial concessions in Kiev and control of nuclear power plants that could lead to negotiations.
Zelensky has always stated that his country’s sovereignty is unnegotiable and that Russia must surrender its occupied territory. Since its invasion in 2022, Russia has occupied the Crimean Peninsula in 2014 and now controls most of the four eastern Ukraine regions.
Putin said his military invasion of Ukraine was because NATO’s spread and expansion threatened Russia’s security and demanded that Ukraine abandon the ambitions of NATO members.
He also said Russia must control Ukrainian territory it has seized and should reduce Western sanctions, while Kiev must participate in the presidential election. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was elected in 2019 and is currently under the martial law rules imposed by the war.
Putin is a tough negotiator
Trump promised to end the war quickly within 24 hours as presidential candidate, and he faced a tough negotiator for Putin, who Zelensky believes is not abide by the agreement.
“In this conversation with President Trump, he will try to basically make more noise and pretend to agree to something while demanding more concessions from Ukraine,” said Maria Snegovaya, a Washington policy research organization.
“The worst case scenario is Putin successfully sold some kind of promising lucrative future deal with Trump to Russia,” she said.
Since taking office, Trump has brought the United States closer to Moscow, while alienating allies and annexing Canada and taking over Greenland’s proposal.
He has expressed various ties with Putin, but his administration has recently shown signs of willingness to increase pressure on the Kremlin to stop the fight.
Trump held a controversial meeting with Zelensky at the White House last month, partly because Trump and Vice President JD Vance think Zelensky is not enough to thank us for our support.
Zelensky accused Putin of extending the war, saying that when Russian leader spoke to Trump on Tuesday he would be aware of a 30-day ceasefire proposal for a week.
Trump said he will talk to Putin on Tuesday morning. White House officials refused to say exactly when the call would be conducted, while pointing out the time difference between Washington and Moscow.
