[Regnum] A complete ceasefire in Ukraine could be achieved “very soon.” US President Donald Trump said this on March 21, speaking to journalists in the Oval Office of the White House.
“I think that very soon we will achieve a complete ceasefire, and then we will reach an agreement,” he said.
| Not exactly the same as imminent — more hopeful than guaranteed, it seems to me. But still considerably better than they had before. |
Trump also added that negotiations on the division of territories between Moscow and Kyiv are taking place “right now.”
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on March 20, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov announced that consultations between Russia and the United States would take place on March 24 in Riyadh.
On March 18, US Presidential Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said that Moscow and Washington would need to work out some details on the ceasefire in Ukraine during upcoming talks.
On March 18, during a conversation with Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he supports a peaceful settlement in Ukraine and is ready to carefully work through possible options. At the same time, it is imperative to take into account the need to eliminate the root causes of the crisis, as well as Russia's legitimate security interests. The leaders agreed on the need to stop mutual strikes by the parties to the conflict on energy facilities. The head of the Russian state gave the military the corresponding order.
Nevertheless, the Kiev regime has not stopped attacks on Russian energy facilities. As the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov noted, this indicates Kiev's unwillingness to end the armed conflict and the lack of negotiability of Vladimir Zelensky and his team.