Russian President Vladimir Putin had a phone conversation with Donald Trump a few hours before the American leader’s meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky, trying to disrupt the ceasefire agreements in Ukraine.

This is reported by The Times, reports Censor.NET .

As the publication notes, a similar situation has happened before. In October, Zelenskyy was counting on Trump’s consent to sell Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, but after a call from Putin, the American president refused to take this step.

According to information, before the current meeting at Mar-a-Lago, Putin called Trump again, trying to prevent the ceasefire agreement , for which Zelensky arrived in the United States.

The publication writes that the Ukrainian president was ready to compromise and for the first time allowed the possibility of territorial concessions in Donbas on the condition of a 60-day ceasefire to hold a referendum on the peace agreement.

After Putin’s conversation with Trump, the Kremlin said the American president had allegedly rejected the proposal. Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov explained this by saying that a ceasefire could lead to “prolonging the war .”

The Times notes that the Kremlin’s position coincides with subsequent public statements by Trump. After meeting with Zelensky, he confirmed that he understood Putin’s arguments against a ceasefire and believed that a halt to hostilities could lead to their resumption.

Trump’s conversation with Putin

• Recall that on Sunday, December 28, US President Donald Trump had a telephone conversation with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin before a scheduled meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
• Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov stated that the telephone conversation between the leaders of the states lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Meeting of the Presidents of Ukraine and the United States

• On Sunday, December 28, a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump took place in Florida.
• It was previously reported that the leaders’ meeting will be dedicated to the security guarantees that the United States is ready to provide to Ukraine. In addition, Trump and Zelensky are to discuss the management of the Zaporizhzhia NPP and territorial issues.
• Trump expressed his willingness to address the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine , and Zelensky announced a new meeting with the US and European partners in January.
• The parties stated that they had seen progress towards a peaceful resolution of the war in Ukraine.
• In turn, US President Donald Trump said that he is closely monitoring the Kremlin’s position and believes that Russia is allegedly demonstrating interest in ending the war in Ukraine .

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