President Donald Trump said that “many elements” of a peace agreement in Ukraine were agreed with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, before their highly anticipated telephone call.
Trump posted on Truth Social that he would speak with Putin on Tuesday morning.
He said that although there have been agreements, “it remains” to work.
“Each week brings 2,500 deaths of soldiers, on both sides, and it must end now. I look forward to the call with President Putin,” wrote Trump.
He told journalists earlier that “we will see if we can work a peace agreement, a ceasefire and a peace, and I think we can do it”.
In his night speech on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Putin of prolonging the war.
“This proposal could have been implemented a long time ago,” he said, adding that “every day in wartime means a human life”.
There have been inconsistencies within the Trump administration on how the cease-fire talks are put forward.
Speaking after his meeting in Jeddah with Ukrainian officials, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the “bulk” of the conversation was “what a negotiation process would be like and not” specific conditions “.
The American envoy Steve Witkoff, who met Putin on Thursday in Moscow, also took a more measured tone.
Meanwhile, the United Kingdom and France have urged Putin to prove that he wants a peace agreement with Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron praised Zelenksy’s “courage” by accepting a cease-fire proposal and put Russia to do the same.
“Enough deaths. Enough lives destroyed. Enough destruction. Weapons must be silent,” said Macron in an article on X.
British Foreign Minister David Lammy said Putin should accept a “full and unconditional ceasefire”, telling deputies that he had seen “no sign” that Putin was serious about a peace agreement.
He warned that the United Kingdom and its allies have “more cards than we can play” to help Russia to negotiate “seriously”.
The White House sounded a more optimistic note on the eve of Trump-Putin’s talks, which will take place by phone, saying that peace in Ukraine “has never been closer”.
The White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told journalists on Monday that Trump was “determined” to conclude the peace agreement.
On what the talks could cover, she said: “There is a power plant on the border of Russia and Ukraine who was in discussion with the Ukrainians, and he will address his call with Putin tomorrow.”
The installation is probably the nuclear power plant for Zaporizhzhia, the largest in Europe. He has been occupied by Russian forces since March 2022, and fears of a nuclear accident persisted due to the fighting in the region.
Asking on Sunday which concessions were considered in cease-fire negotiations, Trump said: “We will talk about land. We will talk about power plants […] We already talk about it, dividing certain assets. “”
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov refused to comment on what leaders would discuss, answering: “We never do that”.
While Putin previously declared that he supported a ceasefire, he also established a list of conditions to reach peace.
One of the areas of the bond is the region of western Russia, where Ukraine launched a military foray last August and captured a territory.
Russia had pushed it back in recent weeks, and Putin now claims that it is completely back in Kursk’s control.
He also raised many questions about how a cease-fire could be monitored and monitored along the front line to the east, and said that he would not accept NATO troops on the territory.
The peace proposal on the table was discussed by the Ukrainian and American delegates in Saudi Arabia last week.
After the hours locked in a room, they announced proposals for a 30-day ceasefire, that Ukraine said that it was ready to accept.
French President Macron and the newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who met on Tuesday, stressed that their nations would continue their “unshakable” support to Ukraine and demand “clear commitments” in Russia.
