Following Trump Call, Putin Agrees to Limited Cease-Fire on Ukraine’s Energy Targets

The call follows a meeting in Moscow last week between Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin

img credit: (Left) U.S. President Donald Trump in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on Feb. 24, 2025; (Right) Russia's President Vladimir Putin gives a speech at the Kremlin in Moscow, on Feb. 23, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images; Alexander Kazakov/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

By Emel Akan and Ryan Morgan, The Epooch Times (excerpt)

WASHINGTON—After President Donald Trump held his much-anticipated call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, the White House announced Putin is willing to accept a partial cease-fire covering energy and infrastructure targets.

The 2 leaders started the conversation at 10 a.m. EST in the Oval Office, with Trump aiming to broker a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine.

The agreement comes a week after Kyiv agreed to a U.S.-backed 30-day cease-fire covering all aspects of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Putin had indicated some willingness to enter into the more expansive temporary cease-fire but said he had other concerns the proposal didn’t address.

“The leaders agreed that the movement to peace will begin with…