- Title: TIMELINE: Trump on Ukraine ahead of his phone call with Putin
- Date: 5th January 2025
- Summary: Trump said on March 4 he had received a letter from Zelenskiy in which the Ukrainian leader expressed willingness to come to the negotiating table. WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (MARCH 4, 2025) (HOUSE TV) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AT PODIUM WITH REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS APPLAUDING (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING: "Earlier today, I received an
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- Story Text: President Donald Trump said he would speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday (March 18) about ending the Ukraine war, with territorial concessions by Kyiv and control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant expected to feature prominently in the talks.
"We want to see if we can bring that war to an end," the U.S. president told reporters on Air Force One during a flight back to the Washington area from Florida.
Trump is trying to win Putin's support for a 30-day ceasefire proposal that Ukraine accepted last week, as both sides continued trading heavy aerial strikes through the weekend and Russia moved closer to ejecting Ukrainian forces from their months-old foothold in the western Russian region of Kursk.
Asked about what concessions were being considered in ceasefire negotiations, Trump said: "We'll be talking about land. We'll be talking about power plants...We're already talking about that, dividing up certain assets."
Trump gave no details but was most likely referring to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia facility in Ukraine, Europe's largest nuclear plant. Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of risking an accident at the plant with their actions.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Monday that Putin would speak with Trump by phone but declined to comment on Trump's remarks about land and power plants.
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