“As of now, Russia has not yet provided an official response to the US proposal to introduce a 30-day ceasefire, which Ukraine has previously agreed, the Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga said. Source: Foreign Minister in an interview with RBC-Ukraine Direct Sibiga: “Let’s wait for an official answer because it is not present today.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Foreign Minister in an interview with RBC-Ukraine
Direct Sibiga Language: “Let’s wait for an official answer because it is not today. But we clearly proceed from the fact that no additional conditions should be put forward.
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Ukraine has accepted the proposal of the US side and, accordingly, the Russian side must do the same. ”
Details: Answering the question of how this answer should be drawn up, Sibiga said that “with different official forms of confirmation of the state’s position”, but “as of today is not present.”
“This confirmation should be given directly to the US side,” the Foreign Minister emphasized.
He was unable to answer the question of the possible time of the beginning of the 30-day truce, indicating that it is a “very complex process”, which, in addition to the agreement itself, also includes a number of calls-in particular, control over the observance of the truce.
Prehistory:
- During the negotiations in Saudi Arabia on March 11, Ukraine declared its readiness to introduce a 30-day ceasefire regime, provided that Russia is also observed.
- On March 13, Putin stated that Russia agreed to stop fighting in Ukraine, but this should lead to a long -term peace.
- Putin said there are many questions that need to be answered as part of such a ceasefire. In particular, whether Ukraine will continue to mobilize and whether to receive weapons, how the issue of control and verification will be resolved, who will determine at a length of 2 thousand kilometers of the front, who violated.
- President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Russian leader Vladimir Putin puts forward additional conditions for stopping hostilities, which indicates that he does not want to stop them.
- US President Donald Trump said he plans to talk to Russian head Vladimir Putin on March 18 and discuss the termination of the war in Ukraine.