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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a press conference after meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow, Russia, March 13, 2025.
Maxim Shemetov | Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday said Russia in principle agrees with Plan to cease fire under the guidance of the United States The support of Ukraine earlier this week, but stopped from signing for any transaction, claiming that it requires further negotiations and should lead to “lasting peace”.
“The idea (about ceasefire) is correct, and we definitely support it, but there are problems that we need to discuss.
Putin also said the deal should “get out of the fact that this stop should be such that it will lead to long -term peace and exclude the root cause of this crisis.”
“We stand for it but there are nuances,” he said when asked about 30-day ceasefire transaction The broker is a white house. Kyiv supported the plan on Tuesday, the contingent for Moscow’s agreement. Putin spoke at a press conference in Moscow after talks with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Putin also asked if 30 days would use for “weapons” or “recently mobilized units” and how potential ceasefire violations will be monitored.
Speaking during a press briefing with NATO Secretary General Mark Rute, US President Donald Trump On Thursday he said, “We get the word that everything goes well in Russia, it means nothing until we hear what the end result.”
“Hopefully they all want to end this nightmare,” he said.
The US delegation, led by Trump’s special messenger Steve Witco, arrived in Moscow for ceasefire talks on Thursday.
Earlier signs of Russian officials showed that the country would not immediately sign up for a deal under the leadership of the United States. Yuri Ushakov, the Assistant to the President of Russia, did not confirm or denied, but noted that the truce would give Ukraine the opportunity to increase its forces, calling the plan “a temporary respite for the Ukrainian military, nothing more”.
The project of the transaction Seeing that all Russian and Ukrainian military events are stopped, potentially 30-day term of mutual agreement. It also requires “the exchange of prisoners of war, the release of civilian detainees, and the return of children of Ukrainian children to Russia.”
The US immediately raised a pause for joint exploration and military assistance with Ukraine after signing the deal.
Analysts say that while Russia suffered heavy losses on the battlefield, it is now slowly but steadily dubbed, which was also threatened Brave relationships with the US
Putin also said on Thursday that if the US and Russia have concluded an agreement on the energy sector cooperation, Russia could provide a gas pipeline for Europe, benefiting the continent with cheaper energy prices, Reuters reports.
Following his comments, European natural gas futures dated April were 3.5% lower.
