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The Economist
The Economist
18 Mar 2025


NextImg:Putin woos Trump with a partial ceasefire and big geopolitical deal
Europe | Peace by piece

Putin woos Trump with a partial ceasefire and big geopolitical deal

Russia wants to talk to America over the heads of Ukraine and other European countries

|KYIV AND WASHINGTON, DC

IF DONALD TRUMP hoped that Vladimir Putin would accept his call for an immediate 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine during their telephone call on March 18th, he was disappointed. After more than two hours of talks, Mr Putin agreed only to smaller initial steps to limit the fighting: a halt to attacks on energy infrastructure, and “technical negotiations” to ease navigation in the Black Sea. The two presidents did, however, play up the prospect of a broader geopolitical deal in the future. And Russians will certainly be pleased by their agreement to host hockey matches in each others’ countries—one of Mr Putin’s favourite sports.

A Ukrainian military vehicle leaves the border with Russia's Kursk region, in Ukraine's northern Sumy region

Ukraine’s army escapes from Kursk by the skin of its teeth

Ukraine will have less Russian land than it hoped to trade for peace


Illustration of a large suited arm in a fist with a european cufflink coming out of a landscape amongst a bunch of european buildings and artefacts, next to it stands a smaller Donals Trump giving a thumbs down

Donald Trump has pushed Europe back into “whatever it takes” mode

Crumbling certitudes lead to renewed fortitude


The struggle to defeat Russian censorship and propaganda

Photons and electrons may matter as much as bullets and bombs

Spain’s terrible record on defence spending

Pedro Sánchez is squeezed between NATO and his coalition partners

Europe’s other front: peaceniks vs hawks

Not all voters favour rearming. Hardly any like paying for it