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0 Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to halt strikes on Ukraine’s energy targets for 30 days, after a lengthy phone call with US President Donald Trump.
Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky says he supports the energy truce but insists Russia isn’t “ready” to end the war, in his first response to the call.
The Russian president set out several conditions for a fuller ceasefire during the 90 minute call, including that any settlement should “eliminate the root causes of the crisis”, the Kremlin says.
Fresh Ukraine peace talks will also begin in the Middle East immediately, the White House says
Trump hoped his involvement would bring a swift end to the war, but in practice, the will of a US president alone proves not to be enough, BBC Russia’s Liza Fokht writes.
