POTUS speaks with Putin on Tuesday says “Very good chance to end war in Ukraine’

By Anjali Sharma

WASHINGTON – US president Donald Trump on Monday said that he thinks there is a “very good chance” to bring an end to the war that has been going on for three years now.”

Trump will speak to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday (March 18) as part of his efforts to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.

“I’ll be speaking to President Putin on Tuesday. A lot of work’s been done over the weekend,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.

He said that he thinks there is a “very good chance” to bring an end to the war that has been going on for three years now.

“We want to see if we can bring that war to an end. Maybe we can, maybe we can’t, but I think we have a very good chance,” he added.

The development came days after Ukraine accepted a 30-day ceasefire proposal discussed with the US in Jeddah earlier this month.

US ceasefire plan pauses hostilities for 30 days and paves the way for a peace agreement, media reported.

Yuri Ushakov, a top aide of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is also part of the team that has been negotiating with the US has rejected the proposal.

He said the 30-day cease-fire would allow Ukraine’s forces time to regroup.

Ushakov also conveyed Moscow’s opposition to the temporary ceasefire to the US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz on a phone call.