President Trump optimistic about ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine

 

President Trump optimistic about ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine



 _US President Donald Trump has expressed hope that US negotiators will succeed in brokering a ceasefire agreement between Ukraine and Russia. At the same time, officials say that the US wants Russia to be willing to unconditionally stop the fighting.

The Russian government center, the Kremlin, has said that it is waiting for details of the ceasefire proposals that were agreed upon after talks between the US and Ukraine in Saudi Arabia this week.

However, Russia has not indicated that it will stop the three-year-old war. Thousands of people have died during the war, which began after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, while a large number of the population in Ukraine have been forced to migrate.

On Wednesday, Russian state television showed President Putin visiting Kursk. Russian forces have pushed back Ukrainian troops from the western Kursk region, after which the president visited the front lines.

Ukraine took control of the Russian region in a surprise attack in August last year.



 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has made it clear that Kiev is ready to accept ceasefire proposals, while the United States has signaled that there will be a “severe” response if Russian President Putin refuses to accept proposals to stop the fighting.

“We have some people going to Russia right now as we speak,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday as he met with Irish Prime Minister Michael Martin. “I hope we get Russia to agree to a ceasefire.”

He did not say whether he would speak directly to Putin. However, he said he was getting “positive messages” from Moscow and, “I hope he’s willing to make a ceasefire.”

The White House said President Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, would visit Moscow this week. Witkoff is one of the mediators in the Gaza and Ukraine talks.

The US president said “very strong” sanctions could be imposed on Russia if it refuses to accept the ceasefire offer, but added, “I hope it doesn’t come to that.”

 


Ukraine ready for 30-day ceasefire, Trump administration lifts suspension of military aid and intelligence sharing on Kiev

After talks between high-level diplomatic delegations of the United States and Ukraine in Jeddah, Ukraine had expressed its readiness for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia. Following this development on Tuesday, the Trump administration has also withdrawn its decision to suspend military aid and intelligence sharing for Ukraine.

On the other hand, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement while leaving to attend the G7 meeting that the United States wants Russia to unconditionally accept the agreement.

He said that if Moscow’s answer to the ceasefire proposal is ‘yes’, then we will understand that we have made progress in the right direction and that there are real possibilities for peace.

According to Marco Rubio, if Moscow’s answer is ‘no’, it would be unfortunate and this would make their intentions clear.

Information for this news was taken from the AFP news agency.

 

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