{"id":237584,"date":"2025-02-12T21:48:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T21:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/12\/thursday-briefing-trump-and-putin-discuss-an-end-to-ukraine-war\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T21:48:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T21:48:06","slug":"thursday-briefing-trump-and-putin-discuss-an-end-to-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/12\/thursday-briefing-trump-and-putin-discuss-an-end-to-ukraine-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Briefing: Trump and Putin Discuss an End to Ukraine War"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/12\/multimedia\/13ambriefing-asia-putin\/13ambriefing-asia-putin-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Thursday Briefing: Trump and Putin Discuss an End to Ukraine War\" title=\"Thursday Briefing: Trump and Putin Discuss an End to Ukraine War\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-7a575584\">Trump and Putin discussed ending the war in Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Trump said yesterday that he had <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/12\/us\/politics\/trump-putin-call-russia-ukraine-war.html?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">a \u201chighly productive\u201d call with President Vladimir Putin<\/a> of Russia, characterizing it as the beginning of a negotiation to end the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Afterward, Trump said he spoke with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. For Putin, the talk was a major milestone, marking the collapse of Western efforts to isolate him diplomatically over the invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Trump did not say how Ukraine\u2019s interests would factor into the negotiations. But hours before the phone call, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said at a NATO meeting in Brussels that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/12\/world\/europe\/ukraine-war-hegseth-nato.html\" title=\"\">it was \u201cunrealistic\u201d for Ukraine<\/a> to expect a peace deal that would restore its pre-2014 borders. Trump, he added, does not support Ukraine\u2019s membership in NATO as part of a realistic peace plan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Background: <\/strong>Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and backed a pro-Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine before carrying out a full-scale invasion in 2022. Russia now occupies about 20 percent of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-33616b5d\">Modi hopes to keep India off Trump\u2019s target list<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to try to ease any potential friction between the U.S. and India when he meets with President Trump today in Washington. Modi has spoken of a warm relationship with the president, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/12\/world\/asia\/modi-trump-white-house-visit.html\" title=\"\">but Trump can be a fickle friend<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A pair of glaring issues could complicate Modi\u2019s goals: trade and immigration. Modi \u201cwill be trying to show Trump that he is cooperating on his fixation on tariffs and illegal immigration,\u201d Mujib Mashal, our South Asia bureau chief, told me. \u201cTrump has singled out India as one of the main abusers of tariffs that enjoys a trade deficit with the U.S., mentioning India in the same breath as China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/12\/business\/trump-modi-tariffs-india.html\" title=\"\">India\u2019s trade surplus with the U.S. is growing<\/a>, and Modi could offer lower duties on U.S. goods like bourbon and pecans, which are produced mainly in Republican states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Deportations: <\/strong>India is also the largest source of illegal immigration to the U.S. outside of Latin America. Modi\u2019s government has made clear it will cooperate with Trump\u2019s deportation effort, even as it caused an uproar in India last week.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-1634fae6\">Venezuela is helping fuel violence in Colombia<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In northeast Colombia, 54,000 people fled their homes, and at least 80 people died in a matter of days this month, as two rebel groups fought for territory. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The violence has its roots in disputes over land and drug money, but diplomats, analysts and Colombia\u2019s president say there is a new factor at play. One of the rebel groups, the National Liberation Army, or ELN, has found refuge in neighboring Venezuela, which is <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/12\/world\/americas\/venezuela-colombia-violence.html\" title=\"\">being used as a base to unleash a new wave of destruction<\/a> in Colombia.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-55bd377a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">MORE TOP NEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The new season of \u201cThe White Lotus,\u201d a series about wealthy tourists in a skewed paradise, takes place on the resort island of Koh Samui in Thailand. 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Afterward, Trump said he spoke with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. 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