It is expected that the US -Russia leadership today is talked to Ukraine

“We will see if we can bring the battle to an end or not. Maybe we may, maybe no, but I think we have a very good chance. I will talk to President Putin on Tuesday (March 18). Many things have been completed on the weekend,” Reuters quoted him as saying to the press on the Air Force Air Force from Maryland on Washington DC on April 16.

The White House boss said the discussions were ongoing the “division of some assets” among the parties involved in war. “I think we will talk about land … We will talk about power plants,” he shared.

On March 14, the Kremlin said Putin sent Mr. Trump a message about the plan of ceasing through the American specialist Steve Witkoff, expressing a “cautious optimism” that could reach an agreement to end the conflict that lasted for more than 3 years. It is expected that the phone call on March 18 will be the second public phone call between the two leaders since Mr. Trump took office for the second term in January. The first phone conversation took place last month, when the two sides agreed to start a high -level dialogue about the termination of Ukraine.

Regarding the Russian move, Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Grushko said Moscow would seek sure in any peace agreement that NATO countries will eliminate Kyiv from member status and Ukraine must be neutral. “We will require solid security guarantee to become part of this agreement. Izvestia quoted him to speak on March 17.

In another development, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on March 16 appointed Major General Andriy Hnatov to be the Chief of Staff of the Ukrainian Army, replacing Lieutenant General Anatoliy Barhilevych, in order to promote military reform. Mr. Hnatov had 27 years of experience in the army, promoted through many ranks from the commander of the Marines Brigade to the army commander in the Donetsk area. Military analysts are estimated to have about 880,000 people currently serving in the Ukrainian armed forces.