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Trump and Putin agree on ‘energy and infrastructure ceasefire’ as step to Ukraine peace deal
CNBC ^ | March 18, 2025 | Holly Ellyatt and Kevin Breuninger

Posted on 03/18/2025 12:18:19 PM PDT by Navy Patriot

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday agreed on steps toward a total ceasefire and peace deal to end the war in Ukraine, the White House said.

Trump and Putin “agreed that the movement to peace will begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire,” according to a White House readout of a call between the two leaders, which lasted at least 90 minutes.

The Kremlin said that Putin agreed on Russia and Ukraine refraining from attacking each other’s energy infrastructure for 30 days.

Putin “immediately” issued an order to that effect to the Russian military after the call, the Kremlin said.

The White House said the two leaders also agreed to “technical negotiations on implementation of a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea, full ceasefire and permanent peace.”

Those negotiations “will begin immediately in the Middle East,” the White House said in its readout.

The call came more than three years after Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine on Putin’s order.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ukraine
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1 posted on 03/18/2025 12:18:19 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
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To: Navy Patriot

Assuming this is true, will Zippyyy honour this, or will Two-tier Keir and Microman convince Zippyyy to throw a few more thousands of Ukrainians lives into the maw, all to fight their globalist war?


2 posted on 03/18/2025 12:29:20 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (Congrats to Canaduh's new Crime Minister, Marx Carney. Every circus needs a Carney!)
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To: Navy Patriot

Russian refineries are being pounded. Of course this is the cease fire that Putin wants.


3 posted on 03/18/2025 12:32:28 PM PDT by Petrosius
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian
Assuming this is true, will Zippyyy honour this, or will Two-tier Keir and Microman convince Zippyyy to throw a few more thousands of Ukrainians lives into the maw, all to fight their globalist war?

The guy before said that the report was the NBc version of things. Then you came up with the CNN analysis, which is close to what Putin likes to hear.

4 posted on 03/18/2025 12:38:29 PM PDT by adorno ( )
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian
Assuming this report is accurate, and Russia abides by the Terms of Agreement in President Trump's opinion, THEN President Trump may use methods of his on choosing to create "Incentive" for Zelensky to comply.

Zelensky may ask Democrats to supply another Ryan Roushe.

5 posted on 03/18/2025 12:44:03 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won Popular & E.C., Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Petrosius
Russian refineries are being pounded. Of course this is the cease fire that Putin wants.

No doubt.

And if the energy infrastructure is no-go and protected, then Russia will end up with a huge advantage in the war. Russia has many times the supply of energy and fuel, and Ukraine would remain at a huge disadvantage.
6 posted on 03/18/2025 12:47:16 PM PDT by adorno ( )
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It is a very pro Trump agreement.

He talked about powerplants the last few days. Clearly, he meant the many powerplants on the Zelensky side of the Dnipro river. Note how much rail transport is electric there. Suspending attacks on those power plants is the carrot for Zelensky.

As I noted elsewhere, you cannot “destroy” much of anything with 3-5 lbs of explosives on a drone. You can hit a nat gas pipeline supplying the fuel for the burner under the crude tank at a refinery and that pipeline can be damaged by even just 5 lbs. But you turn a spigot, shut off the gas flow, repair the pipe and resume operations.

The crude tank itself is tougher but even if that is set on fire it’s only 2 days to put it out and replace the tank. Meaning . . . the media reports of hits on refineries are pretty absurdly sensational. An equivalent event on the refineries along the Gulf coast would be resolved in 48 hrs.

But.

This will look to Trump like a cessation of obstruction to Russian flow — which means more global supply — which means lower oil price and THAT is what matters to Trump. That is the path to lower inflation and lower interest rates, to his analysis (which isn’t bad at all).

It’s a step, and apparently the Kremlin ceased their hits on the Ukraine powerplants. If another attack on a refinery happens, they will inform Trump and give him 48 hrs to stop Zelensky, and then resume attacks on the power infrastructure.

It’s a pretty solid deal for both sides.


7 posted on 03/18/2025 12:49:11 PM PDT by Owen
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To: adorno

Actually dude, CNN, being the globalist, anti-Trumpers that they are, would likely applaud the never ending war. A few more thousands, or hundreds of thousands dead? For them, it’s a case of, ‘You can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.’
The globalists are prepared to fight to the last Ukrainian, in an attempt to break up Russia. Not necessarily because it is Russia, but because Russia isn’t THEIR globalist! Zippyyy is not just a tool, but a GLOBALIST tool!

Here in Canaduh, we unfortunately, have one of THEIR globalist in charge. In an effort to remove the USD as the world’s reserve currency, he’s willing to destroy the Canadian economy and people. Starvation? Freezing in the dark? Again, Marx Carnage the ‘omelette maker’!


8 posted on 03/18/2025 12:55:29 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (Congrats to Canaduh's new Crime Minister, Marx Carney. Every circus needs a Carney!)
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To: Navy Patriot

I am confused. Ryan Roushe?

Was he the gunner at the Mar-a-Lago fence, after Crooks?


9 posted on 03/18/2025 1:05:52 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (Congrats to Canaduh's new Crime Minister, Marx Carney. Every circus needs a Carney!)
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To: Navy Patriot
Not much progress towards a cease fire. Emperor Zelensky won't be happy.
10 posted on 03/18/2025 1:06:35 PM PDT by McGruff (Biden will go down in history as the worst president ever.)
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To: Navy Patriot

Trump caved too soon

Bad Deal. Russia refineries must be destroyed to impoverish Mother Russia.


11 posted on 03/18/2025 1:09:44 PM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian
The globalists are prepared to fight to the last Ukrainian, in an attempt to break up Russia.

If that is the case, then Putin can cleverly thwart the globalists' plans by withdrawing from Ukraine. Pretty slick and simple.

12 posted on 03/18/2025 1:10:34 PM PDT by Petrosius
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian
Yep, that is the Ukie loving nut who tried to kill our President.

hq720
13 posted on 03/18/2025 1:12:25 PM PDT by ANKE69 ( 🇺🇲 Let's MAGA 🇺🇲)
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian

Yes, you are correct.


14 posted on 03/18/2025 1:12:46 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won Popular & E.C., Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Petrosius

Yep, that sounds like a plan! Let the Nazi Azovs back into areas populated by Ukrainians of Russian ancestry. That’ll work wonderfully, Mr
Globalist!


15 posted on 03/18/2025 1:16:47 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (Congrats to Canaduh's new Crime Minister, Marx Carney. Every circus needs a Carney!)
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To: Navy Patriot

Has this agreement been cleared with all federal jurists?


16 posted on 03/18/2025 1:19:29 PM PDT by daler
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To: bert
It's a Great Deal for America and Legacy Americans.

For Prog Socialist Traitor DemoRats and their Uke Nazi infiltrators, not so much.

17 posted on 03/18/2025 1:20:00 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won Popular & E.C., Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Petrosius

Globalists are a much greater threat that dictators of INDIVIDUAL countries.

Of course, GLOBALIST dictators, like Zippyyy, are even more dangerous to EVERYONE including their own people! (Zippyyy, Marx Carnage, Two-tier Keir Starmer, etc.)


18 posted on 03/18/2025 1:21:28 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (Congrats to Canaduh's new Crime Minister, Marx Carney. Every circus needs a Carney!)
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To: Navy Patriot

Sucks for you, Europeans, you have been left out. Daddy Trump is taking care of the problem. Now, don’t mess it up. You have done that enough.


19 posted on 03/18/2025 1:23:58 PM PDT by cowboyusa
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian

One more time, the only Russian majority province is Crimea. Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhi all have Ukrainian majorities. Additionally, the stories about “Nazi Azovs” attacking ethnic Russian civilians is pure myth. Do not accept Russian propaganda at face value.


20 posted on 03/18/2025 1:26:59 PM PDT by Petrosius
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