{"id":261578,"date":"2025-03-18T18:40:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/18\/putin-agrees-to-temporarily-halt-strikes-on-ukraines-energy-targets-kremlin-says\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T18:40:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:40:03","slug":"putin-agrees-to-temporarily-halt-strikes-on-ukraines-energy-targets-kremlin-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/18\/putin-agrees-to-temporarily-halt-strikes-on-ukraines-energy-targets-kremlin-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin Agrees to Temporarily Halt Strikes on Ukraine\u2019s Energy Targets, Kremlin Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/18\/multimedia\/18dc-prexy-hvkf\/18dc-prexy-hvkf-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Putin Agrees to Temporarily Halt Strikes on Ukraine\u2019s Energy Targets, Kremlin Says\" title=\"Putin Agrees to Temporarily Halt Strikes on Ukraine\u2019s Energy Targets, Kremlin Says\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia agreed on Tuesday during a phone call with President Trump to halt strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, the Kremlin said in a statement, but restated his concerns about a broader 30-day cease-fire that the United States and Ukraine had agreed upon and proposed to Russia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The result seemed to fall short of what Mr. Trump had been hoping for in his outreach to Moscow, after several days of optimistic-sounding pronouncements from the White House that peace was within reach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During the call, Mr. Putin said his \u201ckey condition\u201d to end the conflict and prevent it from escalating was a \u201ccomplete cessation\u201d of foreign military and intelligence assistance to Kyiv, the Kremlin said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was unclear how Ukraine would respond to the Kremlin\u2019s statement: It falls short of the unconditional 30-day U.S.-backed cease-fire proposal that Ukraine had already said it would support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ukrainian officials have accused Mr. Putin of playing for time in order to maintain leverage in negotiations, and allow Russia time to continue bombarding Ukrainian cities and towns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">This is a developing story.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/18\/us\/politics\/trump-putin-call-ukraine-russia-ceasefire.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia agreed on Tuesday during a phone call with President Trump to halt strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, the Kremlin said in a statement, but restated his concerns about a broader 30-day cease-fire that the United States and Ukraine had agreed upon and proposed to Russia. 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