(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on March 18, 2025 shows, L-R, Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on March 18, 2025 and US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 28, 2025. (Photo by various sources / AFP)
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin "responded positively" to a proposal by US President Donald Trump for Russia and Ukraine to mutually stop striking energy infrastructures, the Kremlin's press service said Tuesday.
Putin "immediately gave the Russian military the appropriate command" in response to the proposal, the Kremlin said in a statement.
Regarding a 30-day ceasefire plan proposed by the United States and Ukraine, Russia noted concerns over effective control along the entire line of contact and the need to stop "forced mobilization" in Ukraine and its troop rearmament.
Russian and American expert groups are being created to continue efforts to "achieve a bilateral settlement in Ukraine," the Kremlin added.
