Ukraine: Trump says he will discuss ceasefire with Putin

• US President Donal Trump said helium volition talk with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin connected Tuesday
• Trump said onshore and powerfulness plants volition beryllium the absorption of the talks
• EU overseas ministers are gathering successful Brussels to sermon Ukraine

Here's the latest regarding Russia's warfare successful Ukraine connected Monday, March 17:

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EU states basal by Ukraine's territorial integrity, request a 'just peace'

Despite Ukraine's acceptance of the US' ceasefire plans, the bulk of European Union members judge allowing Russia to support immoderate Ukrainian onshore should beryllium disconnected the table.

"Most of [the EU subordinate states] are precise acrophobic astir what we're proceeding from the White House," DW Brussels Bureau Chief Alexandra von Nahmen said.

"The lone bid that tin beryllium achieved is simply a conscionable bid for Ukraine," she said, paraphrasing the bloc's dedication to Ukraine's territorial integrity.

She added that perchance the lone EU subordinate which would beryllium wholeheartedly successful favour of the ceasefire would beryllium Hungary, who has maintained a broadly pro-Russian stance.

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Trump plans to talk with Putin, thinks 'very bully chance' of ending warfare successful Ukraine

US President Donald Trump has said helium volition talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin connected Tuesday. Trump said they would sermon ending the warfare successful Ukraine.

The White House believes discussions betwixt US and Russian officials successful Moscow person gone positively, and that it is present clip for the 2 leaders to talk straight to each other.

"We privation to spot if we tin bring that warfare to an end," Trump said. "Maybe we can, possibly we can't. But I deliberation we person a precise bully chance."

Last week, the Trump medication unveiled its proposals for a 30-day ceasefire betwixt the warring parties. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the woody "would impact a batch of hard work," and hinges connected "concessions from some Russia and Ukraine."

Despite contesting aspects of the ceasefire proposal, Ukraine has backed the proposal.

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Welcome to our sum of Russia's penetration of Ukraine

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Foreign ministers from the European Union are acceptable to conscionable successful Brussels to sermon Ukraine assistance connected Monday.

The gathering concerns a connection of €40 cardinal ($43.5 billion) successful subject assistance to Ukraine, and comes up of a wider gathering of EU leaders this Thursday.

"If we tin prolong this amount… for a longer play of time, that would beryllium the magnitude that would let Ukrainians to support their equipped forces astatine existent strength," said Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys, whose state backed the connection yesterday.

With US backing for Ukraine's warfare effort thrown into uncertainty by the Trump administration, the European Union hopes to unite to capable that gap.

Reports suggest information successful the backing strategy volition beryllium voluntary to forestall immoderate imaginable vetos from dissenting states specified arsenic Hungary, which has been consistently against aiding Ukraine.

According to reports, the magnitude of backing expected from each state volition beryllium proportional to their economical size.

Germany has made its committedness clear, with €4 cardinal ($4.35 billion) for this twelvemonth already approved.

But different countries specified arsenic France, Spain and Italy volition person to summation their spending commitments to beryllium successful enactment with the scheme.