In its first comments on the proposition, the Kremlin said it was waiting for details from Washington.
“The idea of a 30-day ceasefire is an important and correct step towards a just peace for Ukraine... Now it’s up to (President Vladimir) Putin,“ Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on social media platform X.
“We’ll take this offer now to the Russians and we hope they’ll say yes to peace. The ball is now in their court,“ American Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday after talks in Saudi Arabia where Ukraine backed the US truce proposal.
“Russia needs to say, very clearly, they want peace or not, they want to end this war, which they started, or no,“ Yermak told reporters.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that Moscow did not rule out a “high-level” phone call with the United States about Ukraine.
Earlier, Russian news agencies reported that the heads of CIA and Russia's SVR foreign intelligence agency spoke by phone on Tuesday, in the first such contact in several years.
'Big meeting'
In Washington, Trump said he was ready to welcome Zelensky back to the White House and may speak to President Vladimir Putin this week.
“I know we have a big meeting with Russia tomorrow and some great conversations hopefully will ensue.”
Hours before the Jeddah talks, Ukraine staged a major direct attack on Moscow, with hundreds of drones slamming into the capital and other areas, leaving three people dead.
Allies cautious
Rubio has said he will push the G7 to avoid “antagonistic” language about Russia for fear of scuttling diplomacy.
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the deal a “remarkable breakthrough” while Italy’s Giorgia Meloni said now the ceasefire “decision is up to Russia”.
Even if Russia agrees to a ceasefire, much remains uncertain in negotiations. Ukraine has pressed for security guarantees, but Trump, in another shift from Biden, has ruled out NATO membership.
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