Ukraine must be restricted from Nato in any peace agreement, Russian officials say.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he would talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the end of the war in Ukraine.
Speaking to reporters on Air Force One on Sunday, Trump said that “many work” was done on the weekends.
Trump said, “We want to see if we can end the war. “Maybe we can, maybe we can’t, but I think we have a great opportunity.”
Asked about the concessions in the discussion of the ceasefire, Trump said that the discussion would include land and power projects.
He said, “I think we have already discussed many of these things on both sides, Ukraine and Russia.”
“We are already talking about that we are dividing some property.”
A few hours after a local media report by a high -ranking Russian officer Official Official, Trump’s comment said that any peace agreement could prevent Ukraine’s NATO member.
In an interview to the Russian outlet Izwastia, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Gruchko said that Moscow needs a “ironclosed security guarantee” to agree to the ceasefire.
“Only by setting up such a guarantee can lead to lasting peace in Ukraine and regional security can be strengthened. The neutral position of the alliance should be part of the guarantee of this neutral position, which is refusing to accept as a member of the alliance for Ukraine and NATA countries, “said Gruchko.
“In fact, this provision was precisely the draft of the agreement mentioned. For discussions, they do not happen right now, as there are no negotiations. “”
On Sunday, Trump’s special messenger Steve Vitkoff told CNN that both leaders have planned to “really good and positive discussion” this week.
Washington has hoped to convince the sides that the immediate -2 -day war proposal that was left out of the last week’s discussion in Saudi Arabia’s Jedda is expected to agree.
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky has accepted the proposal, but Putin has not yet promised the plan beyond supporting him in principle.
Last week, the Russian leader said that the Russian troops make a profit, and the scheme will be mainly beneficial and the initiative has “serious questions”.
Zelensky on Saturday alleged that Moscow should not end the conflict and tried to improve his situation on the battlefield before approving the ceasefire.
Russia has been driven by Russia in recent weeks Ukrainian troops in most of his Kursk regionWhere Kiev controlled the territory of approximately 1,300 square km (500 square miles) at the height of the infiltration began in August.