Washington, March 18: US President Donald Trump will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in a possible pivot point in efforts to end the war in Ukraine and an opportunity for Trump to continue reorienting American foreign policy. Trump disclosed the upcoming conversation to reporters while flying from Florida to Washington on Air Force One on Sunday evening, while the Kremlin confirmed Putin's participation on Monday morning.

슬롯사이트œWe will see if we have something to announce maybe by Tuesday. I will be speaking to President Putin on Tuesday,슬롯사이트� Trump said. "A lot of work's been done over the weekend. We want to see if we can bring that war to an end.슬롯사이트� Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday morning confirmed the plans for the two leaders to speak on Tuesday, but declined to give details, saying that 슬롯사이트œwe never get ahead of events슬롯사이트� and 슬롯사이트œthe content of conversations between two presidents are not subject to any prior discussion.슬롯사이트� Amid Ceasefire Talks, Trump Says Will Speak to Putin on Tuesday.

European allies are wary of Trump's affinity for Putin and his hardline stance toward Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who faced sharp criticism when he visited the Oval Office a little more than two weeks ago. Although Russia failed in its initial goal to topple the Ukrainian government with its invasion three years ago, it still controls large swaths of the country. Trump said land and power plants are part of the conversation around bringing the war to a close.

슬롯사이트œWe will be talking about land. We will be talking about power plants,슬롯사이트� he said, a process he described as "dividing up certain assets.슬롯사이트� Trump special envoy Steve Witkoff visited Moscow last week to advance negotiations. Russia illegally annexed four Ukrainian regions after launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 슬롯사이트� the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the east and the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions in the southeast of the country 슬롯사이트� but doesn't fully control any of the four. Last year, Putin listed Kyiv's withdrawal of troops from all four regions as one of the demands for peace. In 2014, the Kremlin also annexed Crimea from Ukraine.

In the occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region, Moscow controls the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant 슬롯사이트� the largest in Europe. The plant has repeatedly been caught in the crossfire since the invasion. The International Atomic Energy Agency, a U.N. body, has frequently expressed alarm about the plant because of fears of a potential nuclear catastrophe. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said during an interview with India's NDTV that Trump and Putin 슬롯사이트œare very good friends슬롯사이트� and are focused on ways to strengthen the bonds between the U.S. and Russia. Trump Says He Will Talk to Putin on Tuesday as He Pushes for End to Ukraine War.

슬롯사이트œWe have two leaders of two great countries who are very good friends and very focused on how we can strengthen the shared objectives and shared interests,슬롯사이트� Gabbard said in the interview, portions of which were released Monday before its broadcast. During his conversation with reporters on Air Force One, Trump said he was pushing forward with his plans for tariffs on April 2 despite recent disruption in the stock market and nervousness about the economic impact.

슬롯사이트œApril 2 is a liberating day for our country," he said. "We're getting back some of the wealth that very, very foolish presidents gave away because they had no clue what they were doing.슬롯사이트� Trump has occasionally changed course on some tariff plans, such as with Mexico, but he said he had no intention of doing so when it comes to reciprocal tariffs. 슬롯사이트œThey charge us and we charge them," he said. "Then in addition to that, on autos, on steel, on aluminum, we're going to have some additional tariffs.슬롯사이트�

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