Ex-Trump adviser reveals the 'real' aim behind Trump's negotiations with Putin | LBC

Vladimir Putin rejected an immediate ceasefire in his phone call with Donald Trump on Tuesday, but lay out the the key terms he wants to see before ending the fighting.

In a statement, Russia described the talks with President Trump as a "frank exchange of views on the situation around Ukraine."

The Kremlin's readout of the call states: "Vladimir Putin expressed gratitude to Donald Trump for his desire to help achieve the noble goal of ending hostilities and human losses."

It adds: "In the context of the US President's initiative to introduce a 30-day truce, the Russian side outlined a number of significant points regarding ensuring effective control over a possible ceasefire along the entire line of combat contact, the need to stop forced mobilisation in Ukraine and rearm the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"Serious risks associated with the inability to negotiate of the Kyiv regime, which has repeatedly sabotaged and violted the agreements reached, were also noted. Attention was drawn to the barbaric terrorist crimes committed by Ukrainian militants against the civilian population of the Kursk region.

"It was emphasised that the key condition for preventing the escalation of the conflict and working towards its resolution by political and diplomatic means should be the complete cessation of foreign military aid and the provision of intelligence information to Kyiv."

Andrew Marr spoke with former Trump adviser KT McFarland to get a deeper insight into what the American President will take away from the call and what his objectives are.

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