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March 18, 2025

Trump to Discuss Ukraine Ceasefire Plan in Phone Call with Russian President Putin
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President Trump says he's ready to speak with Russian President Vladimir
Putin today about his proposed 30-day ceasefire deal for Ukraine. Ahead
of the conversation, Trump said negotiators were looking at "dividing up
certain assets." That's likely to include pressing Ukraine to accept
Moscow's claims over Russian-occupied territory, and control of the
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which Russia has occupied since 2022.
Russia is also demanding guarantees that Ukraine will never join NATO.
Ukrainian officials have repeatedly said Russia must surrender all of
the territory it has seized.


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