1.0Eastern European and Transatlantic Network/eetnDeclan Da Barp/eetn/author/declandabarp/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="enmpOqOLsR"><a href="/eetn/2025/quick-take-trump-and-putin-talk/">Quick Take: Kremlin and White House Communications Provide Insight after Trump-Putin Call</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/eetn/2025/quick-take-trump-and-putin-talk/embed/#?secret=enmpOqOLsR" width="600" height="338" title="“Quick Take: Kremlin and White House Communications Provide Insight after Trump-Putin Call” — Eastern European and Transatlantic Network" data-secret="enmpOqOLsR" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=/eetn/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> /eetn/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2025/03/42547210635_745a340b4c_b.jpg1024683The March 18th phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin yielded little in the way of actual progress in ending the war in Ukraine. Indeed, the limited ceasefire was quickly violated by Russia (who agreed to it) and Ukraine (who did not). However, we can learn a great deal from the discrepancies in the readouts provided by the Kremlin and the White House.