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Trump and Putin agree to pause strikes on energy infrastructure in Ukraine war

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🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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President Trump and Russian President Putin agreed to a limited ceasefire in Ukraine. It came after they spoke for more than two hours on a call and agreed that Russia and Ukraine should stop attacks on each other's energy infrastructure for 30 days. Nick Schifrin reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Welcome to the News Hour. Two major international stories top the news tonight. Israel

0:06.3

resumed hitting Gaza with airstrikes overnight, shattering the fragile ceasefire there.

0:11.5

The Israeli bombardment killed more than 400 people, according to officials in Gaza.

0:16.6

In the meantime, President Trump spoke for more than two hours today with Russia's Vladimir Putin.

0:22.0

They agreed that Russia and Ukraine should stop attacks on each other's energy infrastructure for 30 days.

0:28.1

Nick Schifrin is here now with more.

0:29.8

So, Nick, what exactly did Putin and Trump agree to today?

0:32.3

President Trump called the call, quote, very good and productive,

0:35.3

and Putin ordered his military to pause all

0:38.1

attacks on energy infrastructure for one month. And as you know, for years, that has been

0:43.4

one of the hallmarks of Russia's campaign against Ukrainian civilians. More recently, Ukraine has

0:48.6

launched its own attacks against Russian energy facilities. And tonight, Zelensky suggested

0:53.6

that he was open to a mutual pause, but he admitted that

0:57.0

he had no idea the details of what Trump and Putin discussed.

1:01.7

We support all steps aimed at the end of the war.

1:06.9

But in order to support them, we need to understand what exactly we support.

1:11.7

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

1:14.9

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

1:17.7

He has my phone number.

1:19.3

We are ready to talk through further steps with pleasure.

1:22.5

So perhaps a little frustration there from Zelensky, Omna. And tonight, Ukraine says that Russia launched

1:28.0

a major drone and missile attack against Kiev. And we understand Vladimir Putin actually went

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