The Kremlin, who accused the lack of progress of the “uncontrollability of the Kiev regime”, said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin supports the idea of a ceasefire in Ukraine, but several questions remained unanswered.
Last month, Putin said that Russia was basically supported by an American proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine, but that the fighting could not be suspended until a number of essential conditions were drawn up or clarified.
“Putin supports the idea that a ceasefire is needed, but before that, a number of questions need to be answered,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday.
“These questions hang in the air; no one has answered them yet,” he added.
The Russian President said that any peace agreement must deal with what Moscow considers to be the main causes of the conflict: essentially a war tractor between Russia and the west over the future of Ukraine and the post -Soviet extension towards the Russian borders.
Trump’s frustration at a slow pace of ceasefire
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump expressed his frustration at a slow pace of direct conversations, and in March he told NBC News that he was “angry” with Putin.
Trump is promoting a fast ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, but its administration failed to make a breakthrough despite interviews with both parties.
“We are talking to Russia. We would like them to stop. I don’t like the bombing. The bombing continues and move on,” he told reporters on Sunday.
In March, Putin rejected a common American-Ukrainian proposal for an unconditional and complete ceasefire. Meanwhile, the Kremlin created a ceasefire in the Black Sea depending on the West, which canceled certain sanctions.
On Friday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Trump “would not fall into the trap of endless negotiations” with Russia about his three -year insult.
“We will know soon enough, within a few weeks, not months, whether Russia is serious about peace or not,” he said.
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