What’s next in the Russia, Ukraine ceasefire talks?

Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed connected Tuesday to halt attacking Ukraine’s vigor infrastructure, but the 30-day ceasefire inactive leaves galore important issues unresolved. 

The impermanent truce did not see immoderate protections for troops warring connected the beforehand lines oregon for Ukrainian civilians who proceed to unrecorded done Russia’s changeless aerial bombardments. 

Putin’s preliminary statement came aft a 90-minute telephone speech with President Donald Trump, who took to societal media afterward and described it arsenic "very good" and "productive."

President Donald Trump, right, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy successful the Oval Office astatine the White House, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, successful Washington.  (Mystyslav Chernov/AP Photo)

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"We agreed to an contiguous Ceasefire connected each Energy and Infrastructure, with an knowing that we volition beryllium moving rapidly to person a Complete Ceasefire and, ultimately, an END to this precise horrible War betwixt Russia and Ukraine," helium said. "That process is present successful afloat unit and effect, and we will, hopefully, for the involvement of Humanity, get the occupation done!"

Trump aboriginal told Fox News' Laura Ingraham connected the "Ingraham Angle" that pushing Putin further successful a ceasefire "would person been tough. Russia has the advantage."

Speaking to Sean Hannity connected Tuesday, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio volition question to Saudi Arabia connected Sunday to sermon the details of Tuesday's statement betwixt the 2 leaders.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s bureau did not respond to Fox News Digital’s questions, but successful a connection posted to X helium said, "Putin efficaciously rejected the connection for a afloat ceasefire."

"It would beryllium close for the satellite to respond by rejecting immoderate attempts by Putin to prolong the war," helium continued, highlighting Russia's continued attacks connected Ukrainian civilians, including connected Tuesday erstwhile a Russia-fired Shahed drone deed a infirmary successful Ukraine's Sumy region.

"Sanctions against Russia. Assistance to Ukraine. "Strengthening allies successful the escaped satellite and moving toward information guarantees," Zelenskyy listed arsenic steps the Western satellite tin instrumentality to antagonistic Putin. "Only a existent cessation of strikes connected civilian infrastructure by Russia, arsenic impervious of its willingness to extremity this war, tin bring bid closer."

The Trump medication has argued that existent negotiations tin lone statesman erstwhile a ceasefire has been secured, though it remains unclear however negotiations volition proceed with nary truce that includes civilian protections from Russia’s aerial attacks.

Neither the State Department nor the White House responded to Fox News Digital’s questions connected wherefore the president believes Putin "wants to marque peace" — which Trump accused Zelenskyy of not being "serious" astir erstwhile helium attempted to negociate information guarantees for Ukraine past month.

Officials from NATO and the EU were besides tight-lipped pursuing the telephone betwixt Trump and Putin.

Firefighters enactment to extinguish a occurrence aft a Russian onslaught astatine an apartments' buildings country successful the municipality of Uman, 200 kilometres (125 miles) southbound of Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, April 28, 2023. (National Police of Ukraine via AP)

Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire past week pursuing an hours-long gathering with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and nationalist information advisor Mike Waltz, which the brace said they would past "take to the Russians."

While Washington was abbreviated connected the details of the negotiations agreed to by Kyiv, Zelenskyy said the U.S. had pushed for a afloat ceasefire on the beforehand lines, successful the aerial and connected the Black Sea — a propulsion Trump was seemingly incapable to unafraid successful his Tuesday discussions with Putin.

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Zelenskyy said his delegation had besides discussed the "release of prisoners of warfare and detainees — some subject and civilian — and the instrumentality of Ukrainian children who were forcibly transferred to Russia."

While the Kremlin connected Tuesday said Putin had agreed to a 175-prisoner swap with Ukraine, determination was nary notation of the 20,000 Ukrainian children Kyiv has reported to person been forcibly abducted, mostly from Luhansk and Donetsk, and past funneled done adoption schemes successful Russia.

There are a litany of issues that inactive request to beryllium negotiated betwixt Ukraine and Russia, which the U.S. has said Europe volition besides beryllium a portion of.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and erstwhile NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg talk during a property league astatine the NATO acme successful Washington, connected July 11, 2024. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)

Putin has already made wide Ukraine should not beryllium allowed to articulation NATO — which the Trump medication has besides backed implicit concerns it could not lone perpetuate but escalate the quality of Russia’s war.

European leaders and Zelenskyy person argued that peacekeeping troops should past beryllium placed successful Ukraine to forestall Russia from launching a aboriginal penetration — but Moscow has besides already signaled this volition beryllium viewed arsenic a menace to Russia.

Issues implicit Western arms supplies, planetary observance of Russian occupied lands, Ukraine’s aboriginal security, Ukrainian troops successful Kursk and Russia’s continued aerial campaigns implicit civilian populations each stay large issues that request to beryllium negotiated. 

"Putin doesn’t stock Trump's abhorrence of war," erstwhile CIA Moscow Station Chief Dan Hoffman told Fox News Digital. "At this constituent there’s nary denotation that he’s going to bash thing other but negociate with an oculus towards ensuring Ukraine can’t deter aboriginal Russian attacks."

Hoffman besides argued that the Trump medication needs to beryllium cautious astir uncovering itself successful a concern wherever Washington wants a ceasefire much than Moscow.

President Donald Trump is shown gathering with Russian President Vladimir Putin connected the archetypal time of the G20 acme successful Osaka, Japan connected June 28, 2019. (Kremlin Press Office/Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

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"The strategical nonsubjective is inactive to destruct Ukraine," Hoffman said. "The question is, Putin has not agreed to a ceasefire, truthful what are you going to bash about?" 

"Define occurrence by what serves U.S. nationalist information interests. A atrocious woody would not service our interests," helium added. 

"Let them spell negotiate," Hoffman said.