United States President Donald Trump has said he will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday about bringing an end to the war in Ukraine. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One on Sunday, Trump said \u201ca lot of work\u201d had been done over the weekend. \u201cWe want to see if we can bring that war to an end,\u201d Trump said. \u201cMaybe we can, maybe we can\u2019t, but I think we have a very good chance.\u201d Asked about what concessions were under consideration in the ceasefire talks, Trump said the discussions would include land and power plants. \u201cI think we have a lot of it already discussed very much by both sides, Ukraine and Russia,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re already talking about that, dividing up certain assets.\u201d Trump\u2019s comments came hours after a high-ranking Russian official was quoted in a local media report saying that any peace deal would preclude Ukraine\u2019s NATO membership. In an interview with Russian outlet Izvestia, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said Moscow would need \u201cironclad security guarantees\u201d to agree to a ceasefire. \u201cOnly by establishing such guarantees can lasting peace in Ukraine be achieved and regional security strengthened overall. A neutral status for Ukraine and NATO countries refraining from accepting it as a member of the alliance should be part of these guarantees,\u201d Grushko was quoted as saying. \u201cIn fact, this provision was precisely outlined in the drafts of the mentioned agreements. As for discussions, they are not currently taking place, as there are no negotiations under way.\u201d Earlier on Sunday, Trump\u2019s special envoy Steve Witkoff said, the two leaders planned to have a \u201creally good and positive discussion\u201d this week. Washington is hoping to convince the sides to agree to a proposal for an immediate 30-day truce that emerged out of last week\u2019s talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accepted the proposal, Putin has yet to commit to the plan beyond saying he backs it in principle. The Russian leader said last week that the plan would mostly benefit Kyiv as Russian forces were making gains and he had \u201cserious questions\u201d over the initiative. Zelenskyy on Saturday accused Moscow of not wanting to end the conflict and seeking to \u201cimprove their situation on the battlefield\u201d before agreeing to a ceasefire. Russia has in recent weeks driven Ukrainian forces from most of its Kursk region, where Kyiv controlled an estimated 1,300sq km (500 square miles) of territory at the height of its incursion launched in August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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