President Trump said he would speak with President Vladimir F. Putin from Russia on Tuesday about the war in Ukraine, noting that there were already discussions on “dividing some assets” as the president continued to express some optimism that Moscow would agree to the ceasefire proposal.
“We want to see whether we can finish,” Mr. Trump told reporters on the Air Force on the Air Force on Sunday evening. “Perhaps we can. Maybe we cannot, but I think we have a very good chance.”
Mr. Trump said that progress was made in negotiations during the weekend, and there were continuous discussions on “dividing some assets”, with concessions specifically on land and power stations.
“I think we will talk about the land, it’s a lot of land. Mr. Trump said:” It is completely different from what it was before the war, as you know. “
He added: “We will talk about the power plants. This is a big question. But I think we have a lot of it already discussed a lot by both sides – Ukraine and Russia.”
On Sunday, Steve Whittkov, the US special envoy to the Middle East, who participated in the peace talks, said on Sunday to CNN, he held a positive meeting with Mr. Putin last week that lasted three to four hours. He refused to share the details of their conversation, but said that the two sides “narrowed the differences between them.”
Ukraine has already agreed to support the US -backed ceasefire, and President Folodimir Zelinski of Ukraine, Putin, accused Putin of intentionally delaying negotiations while trying to trap the Ukrainian forces to improve his position in the ceasefire talks.
On Friday, Mr. Putin demanded that Ukraine surrender in the Corsak region of Russia. But by the weekend, after fierce fighting, the Ukrainians withdrew from most of the region, letting them control a plot of land in Russia.
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