Putin agrees to Trump's proposal for a 30-day halt on strikes on energy infrastructure
In a phone call on 18 March 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to US President Donald Trump's proposal that Russia and Ukraine refrain from striking each other's energy infrastructure for 30 days, but did not accept a full 30-day ceasefire.
Summary
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump spoke by phone on 18 March 2025 about the war in Ukraine. According to the Kremlin, Trump proposed that the parties mutually refrain from strikes on energy infrastructure for 30 days; Putin responded favourably and immediately ordered Russian troops to comply. Putin did not accept the broader 30-day ceasefire that the US had sought and Ukraine had accepted, setting out conditions including effective control of any ceasefire along the front line and a halt to forced mobilisation and rearming in Ukraine. The White House said the movement to peace would begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire and technical negotiations on a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea, starting immediately in the Middle East.
Key facts
- Date
- 18 March 2025
- Leaders
- Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump (phone call)
- Agreed
- 30-day mutual halt on strikes on energy infrastructure
- Not agreed
- Full 30-day ceasefire
- Next
- Talks on a Black Sea maritime ceasefire, in the Middle East
Practice MCQs 3 questions
In their phone call on 18 March 2025, Vladimir Putin agreed to Donald Trump's proposal for a 30-day halt on strikes on which targets?
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Correct answer: D — Energy infrastructure
The Kremlin said Trump proposed that the parties mutually refrain from strikes on energy infrastructure for 30 days, and Putin immediately ordered Russian troops to comply.
After the Trump–Putin call of 18 March 2025, the White House said technical negotiations would begin on a maritime ceasefire in which sea?
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Correct answer: A — Black Sea
The White House said the movement to peace would begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire and technical negotiations on a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea.
Consider the following statements about the Trump–Putin phone call of 18 March 2025: 1. Putin accepted the full 30-day ceasefire across the front line proposed by the US. 2. The broader 30-day truce sought by the US had already been accepted by Ukraine. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 2 only
Putin agreed only to a 30-day halt on strikes on energy infrastructure and set conditions for any wider ceasefire, so statement 1 is wrong. Reuters reported that the blanket 30-day truce sought by the US had been accepted by Ukraine.