President Trump spoke with Russia's President Vladimir Putin for more
than 2 hours over the phone on Tuesday. In
a post on social media, President Trump said President
Putin agreed to an immediate ceasefire on all energy and
infrastructure with an understanding that we will be working quickly
toward a complete ceasefire. But an official readout of
the call from the White House did not include a
commitment. To a full ceasefire, something Ukraine previously
agreed to. Putin also gave a list of demands
to President Trump, including a stop to all foreign
military aid to Ukraine. According to the Kremlin's readout
of the phone conversation. President Trump told Fox News
on Tuesday that aid was not discussed. We didn't
talk about aid actually. We didn't talk about aid
at all. We talked about a lot of things
, but aid was never discussed. On Wednesday,
President Trump held an hour-long call with Ukraine's president Volodymyr
Zelinsky, their first official conversation since a tense meeting
in the Oval Office in February. Zelinsky also agreed
to a ceasefire on attacks on energy infrastructure. The
White House said. The White House lauding President Trump
after that phone call. We have never been this
close to peace, and it's only because of President
Trump that we are here. Also on Wednesday,
Ukraine and Russia swapped 175 prisoners in one of the
largest prisoner exchanges of the war. Despite the ceasefire
talks, both Russia and Ukraine launched aerial attacks overnight
Thursday, with Russia targeting several Ukrainian cities while Ukraine
hit a key Russian military base and surrounding areas.
But President Trump on Friday said he thought a peace
deal was in the works after his calls with the
other presidents. I've very well with gentlemen, and
we have I think we have the confines of a
deal. I hope we have the confines of a
deal, Kellen Howell, Scripps News Group, the
White House.