Trump Talks of Dividing Ukraine Assets Before Putin Call
President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House on March 7.
Photographer: Chris Kleponis/CNP
Good morning. There’s a crunch call scheduled today between the White House and the Kremlin. Terra firma beckons for NASA astronauts. And colorful changes are coming for your steak au poivre. Listen to the day’s top stories.
Donald Trump will speak to Vladimir Putin today amid concern the US president may sacrifice Kyiv’s interests so he can claim he brokered a peace deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. Putin is said to be demanding a suspension of all weapons deliveries to Ukraine during a ceasefire. And in a sign of how comfortable the Kremlin is feeling, Russian energy executives are pitching buyers to purchase Arctic natural gas, claiming that US sanctions will be lifted and the gas will become more expensive next year.