Trump-Putin live updates: Energy ceasefire agreed, more talks planned

Putin agreed to a proposal by Trump for Russia and Ukraine to stop hitting each other's energy infrastructure for 30 days and gave a corresponding order to the Russian military, the Kremlin said.

The Kremlin said the two leaders had a "detailed and frank exchange of views" on Ukraine.

During the phone call, Putin had said that a resolution of the conflict must be "comprehensive, sustainable and long-term," taking into account Russia's own security interests and the root causes of the war.

The two leaders discussed a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire, to which Ukraine agreed last week.

The Kremlin said Putin had raised "significant points" about monitoring such a truce and preventing it from being used by Ukraine to mobilize more soldiers and rearm itself.

"It was emphasized that the key condition for preventing the escalation of the conflict and working towards its resolution by political and diplomatic means should be a complete cessation of foreign military assistance and the provision of intelligence information to Kyiv," the Kremlin said.

A separate White House official declined to describe how the call went. 

The White House would not confirm whether the call has ended and does not plan to, an official said.

There is a readout expected, likely on Truth Social.

FILE PHOTO: John Roberts at the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Pool via REUTERS

As Trump and Putin talk, U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts has put an unusual statement critical of the Trump administration's actions.

Roberts responded to Trump's attacks on a federal judge presiding over a deportation battle.

He is rejecting the idea that impeachment is the answer for a disagreement with the jurist's rulings.

"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision," Roberts said in a statement issued by the court. "The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."

Roberts' statement followed Trump's call on Tuesday for the impeachment of Washington-based U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who ordered the administration on Saturday to halt the removal of alleged Venezuelan gang members, which Trump has argued is authorized by an 18th-century law historically used only in wartime.

Trump and Putin have been on the call for more than two hours now.

The two met multiple times during Trump's first term as president.

Here's a look back:

FILE PHOTO: Trump and Putin at the G20 in Hamburg, July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

FILE PHOTO: Trump and Putin at the APEC summit in Danang, November 10, 2017. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS

FILE PHOTO: Trump meets Putin in Helsinki, July 16, 2018. REUTERS Kevin Lamarque via REUTERS

FILE PHOTO: Trump and Putin among world leaders for Armistice Day in Paris, November 11, 2018. Francois Mori/Pool via REUTERS

FILE PHOTO: Putin and Trump during the G20 in Buenos Aires, November 30, 2018. REUTERSMarcos Brindicci

FILE PHOTO: Putin with Trump at the G20 in Osaka, June 28, 2019. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS

According to a discussion paper by the EU's diplomatic service seen by Reuters on Friday, the EU should be prepared to go as far as doubling its military aid to Ukraine this year to 40 billion euros ($43 billion) if necessary.

The paper said the EU gave about 20 billion euros in military aid to Ukraine last year and encourages EU countries to do at least the same again in 2025, with the total "potentially reaching" 40 billion euros, depending on Kyiv's needs.

Read more here.

FILE PHOTO: EU and Ukrainian flag outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, February 24, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Russia is preparing itself for a confrontation with European democracies as the United States shifts its focus towards the Indo-Pacific region, European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday.

 "(Russia) has massively expanded its military-industrial production capacity... This investment fuels its war of aggression in Ukraine while preparing it for future confrontation with European democracies," she said, speaking at the Royal Danish Military Academy in Copenhagen.

While we're waiting for more from the Trump Putin call, here's a quick look back at the Russian leaders' meetings with his U.S. counterparts.

Putin has met with five sitting U.S. presidents since he became president of Russia in 2000.

BILL CLINTON

FILE PHOTO: Putin and Clinton in the Kremlin, June 3, 2000. REUTERS/Viktor Korotayev

Clinton visited Moscow for talks with Putin in June 2000. It was towards the end of the U.S. leader's time in office, but the start of what has turned out to be a marathon stint in power for the Russian leader. 

Relations were strained at the time over the way in which Russia was prosecuting the second Chechen war, NATO air strikes against the then Yugoslavia the previous year, and U.S. plans for an anti-missile system. 

GEORGE W. BUSH 

FILE PHOTO: Bush and Putin at Brdo castle, Slovenia, June 16, 2001. REUTERS/Michael Leckel

Bush and Putin held their first summit in Slovenia in 2001. Bush told reporters after the talks: "We had a very good dialogue, and I was able to get a sense of his soul." Putin also thought it went well, calling the meeting open and trusting. 

BARACK OBAMA 

FILE PHOTO: Obama and Putin in the residence Novo-Ogaryovo outside Moscow, July 7, 2009. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Pool/Alexei Druzhinin

Putin in 2009 was prime minister, not president, but still regarded as Russia's paramount leader.

Obama held breakfast talks with Putin outside Moscow in July that year at one of Putin's residences. 

Obama praised Putin’s achievements, attempting to mend fences as part of a "reset" with the U.S.'s Cold War enemy.

Putin declared himself satisfied with what he called substantive talks. 

Then Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea, backed a separatist uprising in eastern Ukraine in 2014, and intervened in Syria in 2015 on the side of Bashar al-Assad.

The Putin-Obama relationship entered the deep freeze. 

DONALD TRUMP 

FILE PHOTO: Trump and Putin in Helsinki, Finland July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

A 2018 summit in Helsinki was marked by bonhomie. It sparked a storm of criticism in the United States after Trump refused to blame the Russian leader for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.

Trump later said he had misspoken and accused “some people” of hating the fact that he got along with Putin.

JOE BIDEN 

FILE PHOTO: Putin and Biden in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Biden and Putin met in Geneva in 2021 amid strained relations.  

They both used careful pleasantries to describe their talks. Putin called them constructive and without hostility. Biden said there was no substitute for face-to-face discussions.

Russia's government has yet to comment on the ongoing call.

But before it started, the Kremlin said that Trump and Putin would discuss settling the conflict in Ukraine and normalizing relations between Russia and the United States and that they would speak "for as long as they deem necessary."

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there was already a "certain understanding" between the two leaders, based on a phone call they held on February 12 and on subsequent high-level contacts between the two countries.

"But there are also a large number of questions regarding the further normalization of our bilateral relations, and a settlement on Ukraine. All of this will have to be discussed by the two presidents," Peskov told reporters.

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