Putin responds to Trump’s ceasefire plan
Ukrainecast
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4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Vladimir Putin has said the fighting must end in Ukraine, but that a ceasefire should lead to "enduring peace and remove underlying causes of this crisis."
Responding to the Trump administration’s plans to end the war, the Russian president says the idea of a ceasefire is "good and we absolutely support it but there are issues that we need to discuss."
So what should we make of his comments? Shashank Joshi, defence editor at The Economist gives his reaction.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko.
The producer was Ben Carter. The technical producer was James Piper. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The assistant editor is Ben Mundy.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Ukrainecasters. Thank you very much for listening to this latest episode of our podcast. |
| 0:06.3 | You've probably noticed we've been doing a lot more episodes recently and we'll keep trying to do them, of course, as and when a big story breaks. |
| 0:13.5 | We really appreciate you listening. We really appreciate you getting in touch. And we are here for as long as it takes. Thank you so much. |
| 0:22.3 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. Hello, it's 1,114 days since Russia began its full-scale |
| 0:30.3 | invasion of Ukraine and we are recording this edition just after 5pm UK time on Thursday. |
| 0:36.7 | About an hour and a half or so ago, |
| 0:38.3 | Vladimir Putin was talking at a joint press conference |
| 0:41.3 | with the Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko |
| 0:44.3 | and he spoke for the first time about the 30-day ceasefire proposal |
| 0:49.3 | agreed between Ukrainian and US delegations earlier this week. And he had a lot to save |
| 0:55.6 | Italy. He did. And while he said that he agreed with the general idea of a 30-day ceasefire, |
| 1:05.4 | he added that there were nuances, as he put it, that needed to be discussed before it is implemented. For example, |
| 1:12.7 | no more weapons supplies to Ukraine, no more mobilisation, surrender rather than withdrawal |
| 1:17.5 | of Ukrainian troops from Kursk region, and most importantly, the removal of underlying causes |
| 1:23.9 | of this crisis. So it was a yes to the ceasefire, but with a load of conditions. |
| 1:28.3 | Is that what we're saying? |
| 1:29.2 | I would say it's a no disguised as a yes. |
| 1:32.3 | Ah, much better description. |
| 1:34.3 | So lots to digest in this episode of Ukrainecast. |
| 1:38.6 | Ukraine cast from BBC News. |
| 1:41.3 | Evil cannot be trusted. |
| 1:43.6 | Ask Prigosian. You are not dealing with a politician, but with a bloody monster. |
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