Trump, Putin Agree to Russia-Ukraine Energy Infrastructure Ceasefire for 30 Days

FILED - 14 June 2019, Japan, Osaka: US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting on the sidelines of the 2019 G20 summit. Photo: White House/dpa -
FILED - 14 June 2019, Japan, Osaka: US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting on the sidelines of the 2019 G20 summit. Photo: White House/dpa -
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Trump, Putin Agree to Russia-Ukraine Energy Infrastructure Ceasefire for 30 Days

FILED - 14 June 2019, Japan, Osaka: US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting on the sidelines of the 2019 G20 summit. Photo: White House/dpa -
FILED - 14 June 2019, Japan, Osaka: US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting on the sidelines of the 2019 G20 summit. Photo: White House/dpa -

Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Tuesday to a proposal by US President Donald Trump that Russia and Ukraine cease attacking each other's energy infrastructure for 30 days, the Kremlin said following a lengthy phone discussion between the leaders.

The two countries plan to begin negotiations "immediately" in the Middle East on a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea, according to a readout from the White House.

"The leaders agreed that the movement to peace will begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire, as well as technical negotiations on implementation of a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea, full ceasefire and permanent peace," the White House readout said.

Trump had been pressuring Putin to agree to a US-backed 30-day ceasefire that Ukraine has already accepted as part of a move toward a permanent peace deal to end Europe's biggest conflict since World War Two. The war has killed or wounded hundreds of thousands of people, displaced millions and reduced entire towns to rubble.

Putin, whose forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022, said last week he supported in principle Washington's proposal for a truce but that his forces would fight on until several crucial conditions were worked out. 



Russia, Ukraine Have Exchanged 175 Prisoners of War Each, Moscow Says

Freed Russian prisoners of war sit on a bus following a swap on February 5, 2025, at an undisclosed location. © Handout, Russian Defence Ministry, AFP / File picture
Freed Russian prisoners of war sit on a bus following a swap on February 5, 2025, at an undisclosed location. © Handout, Russian Defence Ministry, AFP / File picture
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Russia, Ukraine Have Exchanged 175 Prisoners of War Each, Moscow Says

Freed Russian prisoners of war sit on a bus following a swap on February 5, 2025, at an undisclosed location. © Handout, Russian Defence Ministry, AFP / File picture
Freed Russian prisoners of war sit on a bus following a swap on February 5, 2025, at an undisclosed location. © Handout, Russian Defence Ministry, AFP / File picture

Russia has conducted a prisoner exchange with Ukraine finalized during a telephone call between US President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin, Russia's Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

It said in a statement that 175 Ukrainian soldiers had been swapped for 175 Russian servicemen, Reuters reported.

Moscow had handed over an additional 22 heavily wounded Ukrainian prisoners in need of urgent medical care in what it described as a goodwill gesture.

Russian soldiers freed in the deal are in Belarus awaiting transit to Russia, it added