Zelenskyy revealed ‘skepticism’ after Trump-Putin’s nickname, said a partial ceasefire would be ‘positive’

President Donald Trump held a high -risk call with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday when the US sought a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
The reading of the White House about the call said that Putin supported Trump’s idea for a joint break about energy-but-but-but commitment infrastructure attacks on a 30-day ceasefire received by Ukraine last week even though Trump was optimism in the last few days Moscow would run.
“The two leaders agree that this conflict needs to end with lasting peace,” said the White House about Trump-Putin’s call. “They also emphasized the need for an increase in bilateral relations between the United States and Russia. Blood and property issued by Ukraine and Russia in this war would be better spent on the needs of their people.”
“This conflict should never have begun and should have ended for a long time with sincere peace and good intentions,” added the White House. “The leaders agree that the movement to peace will begin with energy and fire ceasefire infrastructure, as well as technical negotiations on the implementation of maritime weapons in the black sea, full ceasefire and permanent peace. This negotiation will soon begin in the Middle East.”
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a press conference after Tuesday’s development, said he had a “skeptical” but that “if there is a partial ceasefire, this is a positive result.”
Trump, at his own social media post on Tuesday night, said the conversation of the hours was “very good and productive.”
“We agreed to be a ceasefire immediately on all energy and infrastructure, with an understanding that we would work quickly to experience a complete ceasefire and, in the end, the end of a very terrible war between Russia and Ukraine,” Trump wrote.
Trump and Putin also talked about the Middle East more broadly, including Iran, said the White House.
“The two leaders agreed that the future with better bilateral relations between the United States and Russia has a very large positive side,” the reading said. “This includes a very large economic agreement and geopolitical stability when peace has been achieved.”

President Donald Trump at the White House Oval Office in Washington, March 13, 2025 and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Kremlin in Moscow, March 13, 2025.
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According to Russian government media, Kremlin said Putin “supported” Trump’s idea of 30 days of termination of energy infrastructure attacking in Russia and Ukraine.
But in the case of Trump’s proposal for a wider a month’s ceasefire, the Kremlin reading said “Russia has identified a number of significant problems related to ensuring effective control over the possibility of a ceasefire throughout the entire contact line, the need to stop the mobilization forced in Ukraine and backamen from Ukraine armed forces.”
Kremlin also said Putin believed that a condition to end the war must include “complete termination” from the foreign military and intelligence assistance to Kyiv.
Trump’s administration took drastic steps in stopping military assistance and stopping sharing intelligence with Ukraine after the Oval office clash between Trump, Vice President JD Vance and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The two tools continued after Ukraine approved the ceasefire 30 last Tuesday.
Ukraine said it was necessary to approve any agreement.
Zelenskyy was asked by ABC News International Correspondent Head James Longman during his press conference on Tuesday whether he would commit to the ceasefire of energy and what he thought about Trump and Putin’s relationship.
“It’s hard to say it. It’s hard to give answers to questions in terms of the relationship between Trump and Putin,” answered Zelenskyy. “I rely on conversations with President Trump. We will understand the details. We always support the ceasefire position and do not use any weapons for energy infrastructure, and also we have supported the position not to attack the Navy corridor.”
“This is our proposal and we will support any proposal that will lead to stable and fair peace,” he added. “But for that we need to understand what we are talking about, what are the details and hopefully we will learn all these details so that the partners will tell us. Because there are two parties in this war, Russia and Ukraine, so without Ukraine I think many negotiations without Ukraine will not produce any help.”
ABC News’ Ellie Kaufman, asked Stuaklova and Michelle Stoddart contributed to this report.