In yet another gesture of diplomatic rapprochement, the presidents of the United States and the Russian Federation spoke by phone on March 18, discussing some issues in the search for a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine. The conversation lasted more than two hours and ended with concrete progress towards a humanitarian improvement in the situation of the conflict, but it is still too early to talk about any possibility of peace.

From the American side, the main objective of the phone call was to resume negotiations on a possible 30-day ceasefire. Trump insisted that Putin consider the proposal according to the previously agreed terms, but the Russian side again expressed its concerns and presented other interesting points for a truly effective ceasefire to be reached in the future.

Putin made it clear that in order to reach an effective ceasefire agreement, mechanisms must be created to monitor Ukrainian actions along the entire line of contact. Furthermore, it would be necessary to prevent forced mobilization measures and stop the arrival of foreign weapons in Kiev, otherwise the ceasefire would only be a way to give Ukrainian forces time to rearm.

However, it must be said that substantial steps have been taken towards a........

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