Ukraine agreed to the plan during talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, as US President Donald Trump pushes for a speedy end to the more than three-year conflict.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will likely give his assessment of the US and Ukrainian-backed proposal later on Thursday, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said.
“Negotiators are flying in and indeed contacts are scheduled,“ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, without saying who was part of the US team.
“People are going to Russia right now as we speak. And hopefully we can get a ceasefire from Russia,“ he told reporters on Wednesday.
“Regrettably, for more than a day already, the world has yet to hear a meaningful response from Russia to the proposals made,“ he said on social media.
‘Temporary breather’
Moscow wants any settlement to be long-term and secure its interests, rather than a temporary deal that would give Ukraine a “breather”, Ushakov said.
Ushakov called the 30-day ceasefire proposal a “hasty” plan that “is not in favour of a long-term settlement”.
Russia has also ruled out foreign peacekeepers being deployed to Ukraine as part of a ceasefire or long-term security guarantee for Kyiv.
“It is absolutely unacceptable to us that army units of other states are stationed in Ukraine under any flag,“ Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a briefing.
Battle for Kursk
The Russian defence ministry said it had “liberated” Sudzha along with two other settlements in the border region.
The Kursk region was one of Kyiv’s few bargaining chips in swapping land with Russia, which has occupied around a fifth of Ukraine since it took Crimea in 2014 and launched its full-scale assault in February 2022.
Ukraine’s commander-in-chief hinted late Wednesday some of its troops were pulling back in the region.
Dressed in battle fatigues, he expressed hope his army would “fully liberate” areas under Kyiv’s control.
Washington resumed its support for Kyiv ahead of the talks with Moscow.
Russia downed 77 Ukrainian drones overnight, its defence ministry said, while Ukraine’s air force said it downed dozens of drones fired at multiple regions.
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