President Donald Trump said he'll speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, as the US continues to push for an end to fighting in Russia's war in Ukraine.
“We are doing pretty well I think with Russia,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday. “We'll see if we have something to announce maybe by Tuesday,” he added, saying there was “a very good chance” for a deal.
The Trump administration has pushed for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, amid a flurry of renewed engagement between Washington and Moscow three years after Russia's full-scale invasion. Yet that effort has sparked concerns among European leaders who worry Trump may concede too much on Ukraine's behalf in a direct exchange with Putin.
Asked what concessions he'd seek from Putin, who has repeatedly brushed aside calls for a quick halt to the fighting, Trump said much of the discussion will be about territory.
“A lot of land is a lot different than it was before the war, as you know,” he told reporters. “We'll be talking about land, we'll be talking about power plants — that's, you know, that's a big question.”
“We're already talking about that, dividing up certain assets,” he added.
Putin has deflected efforts to halt the fighting as Russian troops make incremental battlefield gains, including pushing Ukrainian forces back from parts of Russia's Kursk region they'd seized in an earlier offensive. Putin has said he's seeking a more durable agreement, while insisting on a raft of conditions that would be difficult for Kyiv to accept.
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