US President Donald Trump Called Thursday for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire between Russia And Ukrainewarning that Washington and its partners would impose other sanctions if the ceasefire is not respected.
Ukraine expressed its desire to accept an American proposal to adopt an immediate 30-day cease-fire, while Russia only proposed three-day cease-fire to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War on Thursday.
Trump said in an article on social networks: “If the ceasefire (30 days) is not respected, the United States and its partners will impose other sanctions.”
“I hope that an acceptable cease-fire will be observed, and the two countries will be responsible for respecting the sacred nature of these direct negotiations,” said Trump.
“This ceasefire must finally rely on a peace agreement.
Trump said he wanted to finish the war in Ukraine, but that his administration also threatened to abandon his attempts to negotiate an agreement if Russia and Ukraine are not progressing.
US vice-president JD Vance said this week that Russia “asked too much” with its initial peace offer and that the Kremlin had communicated a 30-day ceasefire “is not in our strategic interests (from Russia)”.
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“We obviously want Ukraine to remain a sovereign country, but Russia cannot expect to receive a territory that they have not even won yet, and this is one of the things they presented in this initial peace plan,” said JD Vance in an interview Thursday on Fox News.
He said he was not disturbed by Russia, making unacceptable requests at the start of a negotiation.
“What would bother me is if we conclude that the Russians do not engage in good faith negotiations. And if that happens, yes, we will move away.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday that he told Trump in a phone call kyiv was ready for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia “from this minute”.
The Ukrainian president said Russia should demonstrate his desire to end war, starting with an unconditional ceasefire.
“Ukraine is ready for a complete 30-day ceasefire from that day, from that moment,” Zelenskyy said in his night video address.
“But it must be real … days that could become the start of years of peace. A ceasefire, both prolonged and reliable, will be a real indicator of a movement towards peace. ”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine said Thursday That Russia had repeatedly violated its own three-day ceasefire after its start and qualified the initiative as a “farce”, while Moscow said that kyiv had continued to fight.
Russia launched a large -scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. It had annexed Crimea in 2014.
Zelenskyy said that he also spoke to Trump about the ratification of the Ukrainian Parliament Thursday of an agreement to exploit the mineral wealth of Ukraine as well as the creation of an investment fund for the reconstruction of Ukraine.
He said that he and Trump “noted how important it is that our relationship has strengthened our countries over the decades”.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, whom the Russian leader described earlier as Moscow’s “main guest” during the festivities on Friday victory day.
In the evening, Putin welcomed Xi and other foreign leaders for a gala dinner in an apparent effort to present the global influence of Russia.
– with Global News and Associated Press files