Bangladesh, March 27 -- In yet another gesture of diplomatic rapprochement, the presidents of the United States and the Russian Federation spoke by phone on March 18, discussing some issues in the search for a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine. The conversation lasted more than two hours and ended with concrete progress towards a humanitarian improvement in the situation of the conflict, but it is still too early to talk about any possibility of peace.

From the American side, the main objective of the phone call was to resume negotiations on a possible 30-day ceasefire. Trump insisted that Putin consider the proposal according to the previously agreed terms, but the Russian side again expressed its concerns and presented other...