Putin Expected to Stretch Out Ukraine Talks to Seek Better Terms

Michael Waltznational security adviser

We also got into substantive details on how this war is going to permanently end, what type of guarantees they’re going to have for their long-term security and prosperity,

Mr. Waltz said

Marco Rubiosecretary of State

We’ll take this offer now to the Russians, and we hope that they’ll say yes, that they’ll say yes to peace,

Mr. Rubio said at the end of the meetings

We don’t know how far apart they truly are,

he said, referring to Ukraine and Russia

Rejecting a ceasefire risks damaging relations with Trump. Accepting it means making concessions,

former Russian diplomat Boris Bondarev wrote on Telegram