Today we made an offer that the Ukrainians have accepted, which is to enter into a ceasefire and into immediate negotiations,

The ball is now in Russia’s court”.

The American side understands our arguments, perceives our proposals, and I want to thank President Trump for the constructive conversation between our teams,

If they say no then we'll unfortunately know what the impediment is to peace here,

We'll take this offer now to the Russians. And we hope that they'll say yes, that they'll say yes to peace,

We've gone from if the war is going to end to how the war is going to end,

The United States will communicate to Russia that Russian reciprocity is the key to achieving peace,

Russia needs to say, very clearly, they want peace or not, they want to end this war, which they started, or no,

Maybe this story will end today. Maybe they (the Ukrainians) will try to hold the border villages for another couple of days. But overall, the story of the Kursk bridgehead is coming to an end, and Ukrainian troops are leaving,

I am counting on the fact that all the combat tasks facing our units will be fulfilled, and the territory of the Kursk region will soon be completely liberated from the enemy,