Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Moscow was in favour of the principle of a ceasefire in the war against Ukraine, as proposed by the Donald Trump administration in the United States, but raised questions he said the Kremlin needed answers to before it could commit to a truce. He said Russia needed to discuss these questions and the terms of a peace proposal with the US.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Moscow was in favour of the principle of a ceasefire in the war against Ukraine, as proposed by the Donald Trump administration in the United States, but raised questions he said the Kremlin needed answers to before it could commit to a truce. He said Russia needed to discuss these questions and the terms of a peace proposal with the US.

What is the US-Ukraine ceasefire deal? On Tuesday, teams representing Washington and Kyiv met in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah to negotiate terms for peace in Ukraine. After this meeting, the two countries released a joint statement, proposing a “immediate, interim” 30-day ceasefire on the war front.

end of list His comments, the first on the proposed ceasefire, drew criticism from Ukraine and a muted response from Trump, who has oscillated between expressing confidence in Putin’s commitment to a peace deal and threatening Russia with new sanctions if it does not agree to a ceasefire. Here is what Putin said, the conditions he laid out for Moscow to back a ceasefire, and how the US and Ukraine have reacted to his recent statement: What is the US-Ukraine ceasefire deal?

Teams from Washington and Kyiv met in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday to negotiate parameters for a peace deal in Ukraine. Following the discussion, the two countries issued a joint statement recommending a “immediate, interim” 30-day truce on the combat front.

The statement emphasized “the exchange of prisoners of war, the release of civilian detainees, and the return of forcibly transferred Ukrainian children” during the cease-fire period. The text included no mention of sanctions on Russia or security assurances for Ukraine, but it did state that Ukraine’s European partners will be “involved in the peace process”. The paper also didn’t say what would happen to the Ukrainian soldiers in Russia’s Kursk.