Russia rejects full cease-fire, but agrees to stop attacks on energy and ‘infrastructure’ in two-hour Trump call

Caitlin Doornbos / NEW YORK POST

Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected President Trump’s proposal of a full, unconditional cease-fire with Ukraine on Tuesday, but agreed to halt attacks on “energy and infrastructure” — sectors Kyiv has recently, and successfully, targeted.

Elsewhere in the two-hour phone call, the Russian president demanded that Trump cut all military and intelligence assistance to Ukraine, according to a readout from the Kremlin.

A White House summary of the call did not mention the bold ask and American aid continued to flow as of early Tuesday afternoon, suggesting Trump may have ignored or rejected Putin’s gambit.

Trump was apparently able to secure one element of his cease-fire proposal, as the Kremlin announced Russia and Ukraine would release 175 of each other’s prisoners of war, with Moscow also freeing “23 seriously wounded Ukrainian servicemen” to receive treatment in their home country.

Despite Putin failing to back down, Trump called the call “very good and productive” in a post to Truth Social. Read more here.