Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin agrees 30-day ceasefire on energy targets but demands US ends military aid

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a call on Tuesday to seek a limited ceasefire against energy and infrastructure targets in the Russia-Ukraine war, according to the White House.

The White House described it as the first step in a “movement to peace” it hopes will eventually include a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea and a full and lasting end to the fighting.

The White House said negotiations would “begin immediately” on those steps.

It was not immediately clear whether Ukraine is on board with the phased ceasefire plan.

Mr Putin also called on Mr Trump to end foreign military and intelligence assistance to Ukraine, as the US looks to bring an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to the Kremlin.

The phone call came as the White House pushes for Russia to sign off on its 30-day ceasefire proposal to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Mr Trump said before the call that he expected to discuss with Mr Putin land and power plants that have been seized during the three-year war.

Ukrainian officials last week agreed to the American proposal during talks in Saudi Arabia led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky remains sceptical that Mr Putin is ready for peace as Russian forces continue to pound Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin has told Donald Trump that the US and its allies must end military and intelligence assistance to Ukraine to halt hostilities, the Kremlin has said.

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump discussed Ukraine, the Kremlin has confirmed, according to Russian news agency TASS.

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for more than an hour this afternoon as the US seeks Russian sign-off on a plan to end its war in Ukraine.

The two world leaders held a lengthy phone conversation on Tuesday as the White House pushes for Russia to sign off on its 30-day ceasefire proposal aimed at ending the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The White House and Kremlin did not offer any immediate details about the substance of the conversation, but both confirmed that the call had ended.

The call between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump went “very well”, a Russian source has told CNN.

We are expecting a readout from the White House soon, and will bring you the latest when it drops.

Vladimir Putin’s international cooperation envoy has posted on social media that the world is “becoming a much safer place” under the joint leadership of his boss and Donald Trump.

Kirill Dmitriev participated in the peace talks between Russia and the US in Saudia Arabia last month.

While we wait for the details of the Donald Trump call with Vladimir Putin, let’s look at the timeline from today.

A US official told NBC News that the call lasted an hour and a half.

White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino, who announced the call had started, said it begun at 2pm GMT.

Despite claims the call lasted 90 minutes, Scavino claimed at 3.32pm that the call was still happening.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, who has also confirmed to Russian state media site Tass that the call has concluded, said at the start of today that the call would take place between 1pm and 3pm GMT.

But Putin was addressing a business conference in Moscow until 1.52pm.

Eight minutes later, he began his phone call with Trump.

A few minutes after 1pm, when the call was due to start, Putin was asked by his former economy minister Alexander Shokhin if he was going to be late. In front of a crowd of oligarchs, Putin shrugged his shoulders and said it wasn’t worth listening to Peskov. The crowd then burst into laughter.