Overview
- - The Kremlin-initiated conversation, which ran more than 90 minutes on Wednesday, was described by Moscow as frank and businesslike.
- - Putin said he was ready to halt fighting for Russia’s May 9 Victory Day, and Trump said he suggested “a little bit of a ceasefire.”
- - No agreement with Ukraine was reported, and it remains unclear whether Kyiv will accept any holiday truce.
- - Putin put forward ideas on Iran’s nuclear program, and Trump said he declined Russian help on uranium enrichment to press for ending the Ukraine war.
- - Russia has scaled back this year’s Red Square parade hardware for security, and previous short truces proposed by Moscow did not lead to a broader deal.