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The president has made it clear... that ALL fighting needs to stop — and the Ukrainians have agreed to that proposal, they're ready for peace. And now, we'll take that to the Russians..."
After the talks, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, while speaking to the media, said I hope it'll be over the next few days."
When asked how close he thinks Ukraine and Russia are to a total ceasefire, Trump said If Russia agrees, the ceasefire will take effect immediately,
We do not rule out contacts with U.S. representatives within the next few days."
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Russian state news agencies The United States will immediately lift the pause on intelligence sharing and resume security assistance to Ukraine.”
Hopefully, president Putin can agree to it also and we can get this show on the road.”
After the announcement of the ceasefire deal, Donald Trump told reporters As both American and Ukrainian delegations have said, the ball is now in the Russian court,
Starmer said in a statement, congratulating both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump for the "remarkable breakthrough". We are ready to help bring an end to this war in a just and permanent way that allows Ukraine to enjoy its freedom,
Our hope is that the Russians will answer 'yes' as quickly as possible, so we can get to the second phase of this, which is real negotiations,
Rubio told reporters, referring to U.S. President Donald Trump, after more than eight hours of talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia When the agreements come into force, during these 30 days of 'silence,' we will have time to prepare with our partners at the level of working documents all the aspects for reliable peace and long-term security,
Every day that goes by, this war continues, people die, people are bombed, people are hurt on both sides of this conflict,
If they say no then we'll, unfortunately, know what the impediment is to peace here,
Rubio said of Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of its smaller neighbour in February 2022 Today we made an offer that the Ukrainians have accepted, which is to enter into a ceasefire and into immediate negotiations,
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters after around nine hours of talks in an ornate hotel in Jeddah We've gone from if the war is going to end to how the war is going to end,
Waltz told reporters alongside Rubio Russia needs to say, very clearly, they want peace or not, they want to end this war, which they started, or no,
We’re going to tell them this is what’s on the table. Ukraine is ready to stop shooting and start talking. And now it’ll be up to them to say yes or no,
The Ukrainian delegation today made something very clear: that they share President Trump’s vision for peace.”
US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz added But those [security guarantees] appear to be missing at the moment. Perhaps that’s something that can be discussed, although we know that Donald Trump is really, really against that idea of explicit security guarantees for Ukraine,
Russia is open for peace efforts, for peace settlement around Ukraine, and we actually prefer to reach our goals through peaceful and diplomatic means."
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov rejected the report, saying We’ll take this offer now to the Russians, and we hope they’ll say yes to peace. The ball is now in their court,