Kremlin Rejects US Truce Plan for Ukraine: Nothing for Russia

Ushakov said Moscow's goal was 'a long-term peaceful settlement that takes into account the legitimate interests of our country and our concerns'

- Reuters

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin's top foreign policy aide said on Thursday he had told Washington that a 30-day ceasefire proposed by the United States to pause the war in Ukraine would simply give Kyiv's forces a much-needed battlefield respite.

Russia's advances along the front since mid-2024 and US President Donald Trump's attempt to strike a peace deal to end the three-year-old conflict in Ukraine have raised fears that Kyiv, which was backed by the West, could lose the war.

Trump's Middle East special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Thursday for talks. Russian officials said US national security adviser Mike Waltz had provided details on the ceasefire idea on Wednesday and Russia was ready to discuss it. Trump had said in the White House on Wednesday that he hoped the Kremlin would agree to the US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire that Ukraine said it would support.