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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,120: One hour later, RU broke ceasefire by bombing power station in Slovyansk [1]
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Date: 2025-03-18
Putin is attempting to hold the temporary ceasefire proposal hostage in order to extract preemptive concessions ahead of formal negotiations to end the war. Krasnov FAIL
Trump and Putin agreed on a temporary moratorium on long-range strikes against energy infrastructure, but the exact contours of the moratorium remain unclear at this time. The Kremlin stated that Putin accepted Trump's proposal for a 30-day moratorium on strikes against "energy infrastructure" and that Putin "immediately gave the Russian military the corresponding order," whereas the White House stated that Putin and Trump agreed to "an energy and infrastructure ceasefire."[9] It is unclear which targets are explicitly prohibited under the 30-day moratorium given the difference in language between the two readouts of the call.
The Kremlin also stated that Putin "informed" Trump that Russia and Ukraine will each exchange 175 prisoners of war (POWs) on March 19 and that Russia will also transfer 23 seriously wounded Ukrainian soldiers, whom Putin claimed are currently undergoing medical treatment in Russian hospitals, as a "gesture of goodwill." The March 11 US-Ukrainian temporary ceasefire proposal stated that Ukrainian and American delegations discussed POW exchanges as part of the peace process, particularly during a potential temporary ceasefire on the frontline.[10] The White House stated on March 18 that Russia and the United States will "immediately" begin negotiations in an unspecified country in the Middle East about a temporary maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea, a "full ceasefire," and a permanent peace settlement.[11] The Kremlin stated that the United States and Russia are creating "expert groups" to continue efforts to achieve a peace settlement "in bilateral mode."[12]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky endorsed the Trump-Putin energy strikes moratorium agreement on March 18 and said that Ukraine expects to receive additional information from Trump about the proposal.[13] Zelensky stated that Ukraine would not accept a situation in which Russia strikes Ukrainian energy infrastructure and Ukraine is unable to respond.
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Dmitry Medvedev: "The phone call between Presidents Putin and Trump proved a well-known idea – there is only Russia and America in the dining room. On the menu: light appetisers – Brussels sprouts, British fish and chips and Paris rooster. The main course is a Kiev-style cutlet. Enjoy your meal!"
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Trump “reveals” what everyone already suspected, he’s been having regular phone calls with Putin.
The conversation cannot be called successful.
Even Trump canceled the press conference and did not come out to journalists.
Instead, the fact that we are destroying russian refineries is causing billions of dollars in losses to the russians every month and is very painful for them.
Russian President Vladimir Putin shrugged off keeping U.S. President Donald Trump waiting for over an hour for a phone call that was scheduled between both world leaders on Tuesday. As Putin met with Russian oligarchs at a conference in Moscow, Alexander Shokhin, the leader of the Russian Union for Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, looked at his watch, then told Putin that Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov had just announced that the time in Moscow was now after 4 p.m. local time. The presidents were scheduled to converse via the phone from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. GMT — or 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Moscow time, which is 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. EDT. But it was already after 4 p.m., and Putin was still on stage at the Moscow International Music Hall, which is about a 20-minute drive from the Kremlin. In video clips of the event, Shokhin asks Putin if he's going to be late, citing Peskov's timeframe for the call. "Don't listen to him. That's his job," Putin replied, physically shrugging as the audience erupted in laughter. Call to Activism, an anti-Trump activist account designed to counter Trump's civil rights policies, equated Putin's shrug to humiliation for Trump, writing, "While speaking to a room full of oligarchs, the host turns to him and asks if he’s going to be late. Putin shrugs. He completely humiliated Donald Trump." www.msn.com/...
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