President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed to a partial ceasefire on energy targets Wednesday in a call with President Donald Trump. The White House said both countries agreed “this could be the first step toward the full end of the war and ensuring security.”
Zelenskyy said in a post on X that the conversation was “positive, very substantive, and frank,” saying that the two leaders spoke about Ukraine’s presence in the Kursk region of Russia and on the prisoner exchange Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to on Tuesday.
This limited ceasefire, hashed out between Trump and Putin, is a much smaller step than the deal the United States and Ukraine proposed originally. Russia initially balked at that agreement for a 30-day ceasefire, later softening its rhetoric and ultimately agreeing to a pared-down ceasefire on energy infrastructure.