#BREAKING: US Envoys Are En Route to Russia to Propose 30-day Ceasefire: Trump
“If the response is, ‘yes’, then we know we’ve made real progress, and there’s a real chance of peace, says Marco Rubio.
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that Washington-led negotiators are currently heading to Moscow to propose a 30-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
“We’ve got people going to Russia right now as we speak," Trump said, confirming that envoys had been sent to present the Ukraine truce deal to Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Hopefully, we can get a ceasefire from Russia... that would be 80 per cent of the way to getting this horrible blood bath to end," he said during an Oval Office meeting with the Irish Taoiseach.
This comes after the Kremlin confirmed it is awaiting more information from Washington regarding the proposal.
Trump expressed hope that Putin would agree to the US proposal, which Ukraine has already accepted. “I hope he’s going to have a ceasefire," the US President told reporters at the White House.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had earlier said that Kyiv is ready to accept the deal to halt the fighting. "Everything depends on whether Russia wants a ceasefire and silence, or it wants to continue killing people," Zelensky said. "Ukraine has demonstrated its position... and today Russia has to respond to this."
Since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, tens of thousands of lives have been lost in the ongoing conflict.
The joint US-Ukrainian proposal marks a significant step towards a potential truce, especially after Trump had previously removed Zelenskyy from the White House and halted military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine. The US later resumed its support following Ukraine’s agreement to the truce proposal in talks held in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
Earlier today, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stressed that the US is seeking Russia’s full, unconditional agreement to the ceasefire proposal. “That’s what we want to know - if they’re prepared to do it unconditionally," Rubio said. “If the response is, ‘yes’, then we know we’ve made real progress, and there’s a real chance of peace. If their response is ‘no’, it would be highly unfortunate, and it’ll make their intentions clear," he added.
