President Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has made promising comments on a ceasefire between his nation and Ukraine but that it was not complete.

Speaking to reporters the president sounded optimistic but cautious.

“We would like to see a ceasefire from Russia, and we have, you know, not been working in the dark. We’ve been discussing with Ukraine land, and pieces of land that would be kept and lost, and all of the other elements of a final agreement. There’s a power plant involved, you know, a very big power plant involved, who’s going to get the power plant and who’s gonna get this and that,” the president said.

“And so, you know, it’s, it’s not an easy process, but phase one is the ceasefire. A lot of the individual subjects have been discussed though. We’ve been discussing concepts of land because you don’t want to waste time with the ceasefire if it’s not going to mean anything. So we’re saying, look, this is what you can get, this is what you can’t get,” Trump said.

“They discussed NATO and being in NATO and everybody knows what the answer to that is. They’ve known that answer for 40 years in all fairness. So, a lot of the details of a final agreement have actually been discussed. Now we’re going to see whether or not Russia is there and if they’re not, it’ll be a very disappointing moment for the world,” Trump continued.

A reporter then asked if the president had plans to speak to his Russian counterpart who has asked for a meeting.

“I would, yeah. He did say that today. It was a very promising statement – because other people are saying different things and you don’t know if they have anything to really, if they have any meaning or I don’t know. I think some of them were making statements, I don’t think they have anything to do with it,” Trump responded.

“No, he put out a very promising statement, but it wasn’t complete. And yeah I’d love to meet with him or talk to him, but we have to get it over with fast, you know, every day people are being killed. It’s not like as we sit here, 2 people will be killed. Think of it. 2 people are gonna be killed during this little period of time. Thousands of people a week are dying, so we really don’t have very much time. We have to make this fast. It shouldn’t be very complicated,” he said.