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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
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,
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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,
he said
Strong positions on the front line and strong diplomacy must work together to achieve a just and lasting peace".
While Zelensky wrote in a social media posting late Monday
There's still more details to work out... And that would take a little bit more time"
Rubio told a reporter ... after meeting with Saudi officials on MondayThe ball is in their court,
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said of Russian leaders_(cropped).jpg)
What I have to do is build a strong country,
the president said Sunday in an interview with Fox’s Maria BartiromoWe’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.”
Afterwards, Mr Rubio said
President Trump has utilized the talents of multiple senior administration officials to assist in bringing the war in Ukraine to a peaceful resolution. Gen. Kellogg remains a valued part of the team, especially as it relates to talks with our European allies,
White House national security spokesperson JAMES HEWITT said
Kellogg’s role is very much in question,
a Trump administration official told NatSec DailyThey’ve [Ukrainians] suffered greatly and their people have suffered greatly, and it’s hard in the aftermath of something like that to even talk about concessions,
Rubio told reporters
All the drone strikes in Russia tonight — on Moscow, on airports and so on — are the signal to Putin that he also must be interested in a truce in the sky that Ukraine is going to offer today during talks. Not only oil refineries,
Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Ukrainian government’s center for countering disinformation, said in a video statementThe United States will immediately lift the pause on intelligence sharing and resume security assistance to Ukraine,
the statement said
Russians can't conquer all of Ukraine and obviously it will be very difficult for Ukraine in any reasonable time period to force the Russians all the way back to where they were back in 2014,
Rubio added, referring to when Russia seized the Crimea peninsula and backed a separatist offensive in eastern Ukraine
I'm not saying that alone is enough, but it's the kind of concession you would need to see in order to end the conflict,
he told reportersThe anger isn't just towards Zelensky - it is to Yermak, too.
But a Ukrainian government adviser told the Telegraph this weekThis is an additional signal to Putin that he should also be interested in a ceasefire in the air,
said Andriy Kovalenko, a national security council official responsible for countering disinformation
Hopefully, we'll have a good meeting and good news to report,
Rubio said
We are ready to do everything to achieve peace,
Ukrainian presidency chief of staff Andriy Yermak told reporters as he entered Tuesday's meeting at a luxury hotel