Ahead of the crucial Trump-Putin talks on Tuesday to discuss ending the Ukraine war, the US President said that many elements of a Final Agreement have been agreed.
Trump's remarks came amid reports that Russia is demanding a halt to all Western arms deliveries to Ukraine as a condition for a truce.
President Donald Trump said the US and Russia are speaking about dividing “assets” as part of a push to end the fighting in Ukraine.
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On Monday night, US President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social platform that he is looking very much forward to the call with President Putin.
"Many elements of a Final Agreement have been agreed to, but much remains," he added.
Of late, Trump had hardened its stance against Russia by imposing sanctions and tariffs after the Kremlin stepped up its drone and missile attack on Ukraine. Amid efforts to achieve a peace deal, Putin stepping up attacks against Ukraine was strongly criticised by Trump.
The US had put forward a 30-day temporary ceasefire to pause the Russia-Ukraine war. Though initially Russia did not agree to the ceasefire deal, it seems the Kremlin is ready for negotiations with certain conditions including suspension of Western aid to Kyiv and a halt to Ukraine's rearmament. Meanwhile, Ukraine agreed to support the US's ceasefire deal.
The Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday said that the two leaders would discuss "a large number of issues from the normalisation of our relations and the Ukrainian issue."
However, the UK and other European allies are not likely to agree to Russia's terms. European Union and Britain have stepped up their efforts to deliver fresh military aid packages to Kyiv amid the US's suspension of military aid to Ukraine.
Trump said that Russian and American negotiators had already talked about "dividing up certain assets."
He said there will be talks about dividing lands, and power plants as well.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's deputy foreign minister Andrii Sybiha, outlined Kyiv’s key red lines for any peace agreement, including no recognition of Russian annexations, no restrictions on Ukraine's armed forces and no Russian veto on Ukraine's EU and NATO membership.
