Agree in principle with the US proposal for ceasefire in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he agreed in principle with the US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, but added that his conditions must be processed and that such a pause should pave the way for sustainable peace.
« We certainly support it, » President Putin said at a press conference in Moscow. « But there are issues that we should discuss and I think we should discuss it with our American colleagues and partners. »
The Russian President spoke at a press conference with President Belarus Alexander Lukashenko before meeting with President Donald Trump for Middle East Steve Witkoff who arrived in Moscow today.
The Russian president said the ceasefire should eliminate the basic causes that led to the beginning of the conflict and that many details remain to be resolved.
The United States has proposed a 30 -day pause in the fighting that Ukraine has agreed.
One Ukrainian official said today that Kievi realizes that he cannot militarily obtain all the territories he has lost and that he must do so in a diplomatic way over time. The official also added that Kiev will not recognize Moscow's sovereignty over the Ukrainian territories Russia has occupied. The official added that at a meeting with US officials in Jedah, he was not discussed to make territorial concessions.
President Putin's support for the truce proposed by Washington, which Kiev has already agreed, is the best chance so far to complete the war in Ukraine.
Russia's attack on neighboring country in 2022 has caused hundreds of thousands of victims and injured, moved millions of residents, destroying entire cities and promoting the most severe confrontation between Moscow and the West.
