United States president Donald Trump stated he hoped Moscow would “do the best thing” and accept a 30-day ceasefire after the Russian president made a series of needs for concessions.
” Now we’re visiting whether Russia exists, and if they’re not, it’ll be an extremely frustrating minute for the world,” Mr Trump stated.
Mr Putin on Thursday stated that Russia supported the ceasefire in Ukraine in concept, however looked for a variety of information and conditions that appeared to dismiss a fast end to the combating.
” We concur with the propositions to stop hostilities,” Mr Putin informed press reporters at the Kremlin. “The concept itself is appropriate, and we definitely support it.”
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky has actually implicated Mr Putin of hesitating to confess to Mr Trump that he wishes to turn down the ceasefire offer and “eliminate more Ukrainians”.
In his nighttime address, the Ukrainian president stated: “Putin frequently does this – he does not state ‘no’ straight, however he does it in such a method that almost whatever just hold-ups and makes typical choices difficult. Our company believe that this is all simply another Russian control.”