Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to demand that all weapons deliveries to Ukraine be halted during an eventual ceasefire, Bloomberg reported on Monday.
Putin will hold a high-stakes call with U.S. President Donald Trump, where he is expected to lay out Moscow's conditions to negotiate an end to the war. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the call will begin between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Moscow time.
The conversation's main goal will be moving toward a 30-day ceasefire proposed by Washington D.C. Ukraine already agreed in discussions in Saudi Arabia last week, while Putin said last Thursday that he agrees in principle that terms need to be worked out further and that any agreement should pave the way to a lasting peace.
The outlet added that Moscow's minimum aim is for U.S. aid to stop, as European nations are extremely reluctant to halt their shipments, considering a scenario where Russia rearms during a truce only to go back to the battlefield in a stronger position.
Putin met with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow last Thursday, with the U.S. official describing the four-hour meeting as "positive." He added that it was "solutions-based" and expressed confidence to "see a ceasefire within weeks."
Trump also addressed the talks, telling press aboard Air Force One on Sunday that "we will be talking about land, we will be talking about power plants" as well as "dividing up certain assets." It wasn't immediately clear if Kyiv agreed to discuss such concessions in order to end the war.
"A lot of work has been done over the weekend. We want to see if we can bring that war to an end. Maybe we can, maybe we can't, but I think we have a very good chance," Trump added.
The Russian president had said last June that in order to achieve peace Ukraine must officially drop any ambitions to join NATO and withdraw from the regions claimed by the country, which represent about a fifth of its territory. It is unclear whether such demands stand ahead of the talks.
Bloomberg added that the Trump administration has already conceded demands to keep control of occupied territory, although it's not clear how much of it, and for Kyiv to be prevented from entering NATO. It has also agreed to limits to the Ukrainian army and weapons. European nations have conveyed concern about the possibility that the situation will leave Ukraine in a weaker position in the future.
Russia is approaching the talks from a stronger position than weeks ago after retaking much of the Kursk region, which had been taken by Ukraine in a counter-offensive last year.
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