Russia’s president ,Vladimir Putin has  agreed  in a call with Donald Trump  to halt attacks against Ukrainian energy targets but would not accept an immediate full ceasefire and insisted that the West halt all military aid for Kyiv.

The US and Russian leaders spoke for more than an hour and a half and both expressed hopes for repairing relations wrecked by Moscow’s full-scale invasion of its pro-Western neighbor three years ago.

But the highly anticipated call failed to produce the breakthrough Trump had hoped for, as there was no agreement from the Russian president for Washington’s proposed 30-day ceasefire, already agreed to by Ukraine.

In Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky said he backed the energy truce but believed Putin’s refusal of a wider peace showed he was not ready and still seeks to weaken Ukraine.

Trump insisted on his Truth Social network they had an understanding that we will be working quickly to have a Complete Ceasefire and, ultimately, an END to this very horrible War.