Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to give Donald Trump the 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine he and his team had demanded on the path toward ending the three-year conflict. It was still good enough for the U.S. president.
At first glance, the agreement that came out of the two leaders’ phone call on Tuesday was a disappointment for U.S. officials who had insisted the only acceptable outcome was a halt in the fighting to make way for a permanent peace.
Instead, Putin agreed only to limit attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure while demanding that the U.S. and other nations stop the flow of weapons and intelligence to the neighbor his military invaded.
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