BREAKING Five bombshells from Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine battle peace talks cellphone name

Donald Trump and Mad Vlad agreed during a call to seek a limited ceasefire against energy and infrastructure targets in the Ukraine war, according to the White House.

The White House described it as the first step in a “movement to peace” that it hopes will eventually include a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea and a full and lasting end to the fighting. It said negotiations would “begin immediately” on those steps.

But it was not immediately clear whether Ukraine is on board with the phased ceasefire plan.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said: “Both leaders agreed this conflict needs to end with a lasting peace.

“They also stressed the need for improved bilateral relations between the United States and Russia. The blood and treasure that both Ukraine and Russia have been spending in this war would be better spent on the needs of their people.

“This conflict should never have started and should have been ended long ago with sincere and good faith peace efforts.”

She added: “The leaders agreed that the movement to peace will begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire, as well as technical negotiations on implementation of a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea, full ceasefire and permanent peace.

“These negotiations will begin immediately in the Middle East.”

Putin also called on Trump to end foreign military and intelligence assistance to Ukraine as the US looks to bring an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to the Kremlin.

The US President and his Russian counterpart held a lengthy phone conversation as the White House pushes for Russia to sign off on its 30-day ceasefire proposal

Trump said before the call that he expected to discuss with Putin land and power plants that have been seized during the three-year war.

Ukrainian officials last week agreed to the American proposal during talks in Saudi Arabia led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky remains skeptical that Putin is ready for peace as Russian forces continue to pound Ukraine.

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