This is Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman with Juan Gonzalez.

After three years of war, Russian President Vladimir Putin, as for the first time agreed to a limited ceasefire that would pause strikes specifically on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure for 30 days,

as long as Ukraine does the same.

But in a two-and-a-half-hour phone call with President Trump Tuesday,

President Putin resisted agreeing to a broader unconditional ceasefire.

Putin also insisted on a complete halt of foreign military

and intelligence assistance to Ukraine. In a post on social media Tuesday, Trump said

his call was good and productive. A White House statement described it as a first step to a

full ceasefire and permanent peace, adding the negotiations would begin

immediately in the Middle East.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is not a part of the call, said negotiating

without Ukraine is pointless, but said he was open to stopping strikes on Russian energy infrastructure.

He said he's waiting to hear more details from President Trump.

We support all steps aimed at the end of the war. We will support them. But in order to support

them, we need to understand what exactly we support.

When President Trump has time, he's a busy man.

When he has time, he can call me any time.

He has my phone number.

We are ready to talk through further steps with pleasure.

President Trump's repeatedly clashed with the Ukrainian president since taking office this year.

In February, Trump falsely accused Ukraine of provoking war with Russia, even though it was the Russian army that invaded Ukraine in February of 2022.

And I think I have the power to end this war.

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