Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have agreed a “limited ceasefire” after a 90 minute phone call.
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Just one day before the president’s meeting, a leading Russian TV propagandist warned that British and French troops would face death if they were deployed to Ukraine.
Vladimir Solovyov raged: “You can station them wherever you want. We will kill you all, and we will kill you all just as we killed all of you who came to Kursk [region] and did not have time to run away or surrender. We will kill you all.”
This echoed the sentiment of senior Russian security council official Dmitry Medvedev, who predicted World War Three if Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron deployed troops from their proposed “coalition of the willing” in Ukraine.
Mr Trump said he had already agreed on “many elements” of a Ukraine ceasefire before his call with Putin. However, he added that “much remains” to be discussed.
The president wrote on his platform Truth Social: “Tomorrow morning I will be speaking to President Putin concerning the War in Ukraine. Many elements of a Final Agreement have been agreed to, but much remains.
“Thousands of young soldiers, and others, are being killed. Each week brings 2,500 soldier deaths from both sides, and it must end NOW. I look very much forward to the call with President Putin.”
