The White House has announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to terms set by President Donald Trump for an immediate temporary ceasefire in Ukraine.

It’s a deal that was brought to the table through the diplomatic efforts of President Trump and his administration, which they started working on from day one of the administration. He put out a statement a short time after the news broke.

Ukraine already previously agreed to the terms of the limited ceasefire. Russia has delayed but on Tuesday the two presidents had a phone call and Russia has now agreed to terms for a temporary cessation.

MORE BELOW AFTER THE CALL READOUT, VIA JACQUI HEINRICH.

Today, President Trump and President Putin spoke about the need for peace and a ceasefire in the Ukraine war. Both leaders agreed this conflict needs to end with a lasting peace. They also stressed the need for improved bilateral relations between the United States and Russia. The blood and treasure that both Ukraine and Russia have been spending in this war would be better spent on the needs of their people.

This conflict should never have started and should have been ended long ago with sincere and good faith peace efforts. The leaders agreed that the movement to peace will begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire, as well as technical negotiations on implementation of a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea, full ceasefire and permanent peace. These negotiations will begin immediately in the Middle East.

The leaders spoke broadly about the Middle East as a region of potential cooperation to prevent future conflicts. They further discussed the need to stop proliferation of strategic weapons and will engage with others to ensure the broadest possible application. The two leaders shared the view that Iran should never be in a position to destroy Israel.

The two leaders agreed that a future with an improved bilateral relationship between the United States and Russia has huge upside. This includes enormous economic deals and geopolitical stability when peace has been achieved.

It’s fascinating and the media will act like it’s meaningless, but of course it is not and Biden didn’t get squat so…

Anyway here’s more from the AP FWIW:

The White House described it as the first step in a “movement to peace” it hopes will eventually include a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea and a full and lasting end to the fighting.

The White House said negotiations would “begin immediately” on those steps. It was not immediately clear whether Ukraine is on board with the phased ceasefire plan.

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