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Are we too British for Broadway?”
As the producers of the hit West End musical “Operation Mincemeat” prepared to go to New York, they asked a question American audiences are quick and sophisticated, but they also love the dumb stuff, like the slapstick,
Ukraine, ceasefire, just agreed to a little while ago. Now we have to go to Russia and hopefully President Putin will agree to that also and we can get this show on the road. We can get this horrible war...I get the reports and they're not American soldiers. They're Ukrainian and they're Russian. But, people are being killed outside of that. People are being killed in the cities as things explode throughout the cities and we want to get that war over with."
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday (local time), Trump said Today was a good day for peace. Thanks to @POTUS's leadership and under the gracious hospitality of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, we are one step closer to restoring durable peace for Ukraine. The ball is now in Russia's court,
I received a report from our delegation on their meeting with the American team in Saudi Arabia. The discussion lasted most of the day and was good and constructive--our teams were able to discuss many important details. Our position remains absolutely clear: Ukraine has been seeking peace from the very first second of this war, and we want to do everything to achieve it as soon as possible and in a reliable way--so that war does not return."
In a post on X, Zelenskyy stated We just agreed to it a little while ago. Hopefully, president Putin can agree to it also and we can get this show on the road.”
On the ceasefire deal, he added Russia is advancing (in Ukraine), and therefore it will be different with Russia,
said Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the international affairs committee of the Federation Council, the upper house of Russia's parliament, in a post on Telegram We adhere to the position: no decisions on the long-term security of Europe without Europe,
he said in a social media post We do not rule out contacts with U.S. representatives over the next few days.”
Speaking to Russia’s TASS state news service, foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said So, I think it's very big. I think it's a big difference between the last visit you saw at the Oval Office and so that's a total ceasefire, Ukraine has agreed to it, and hopefully Russia will agree to it. We're going to meet with him later on today and tomorrow and hopefully we'll be able to wipe out a deal...The ceasefire is very important. If we can get Russia to do it, that'll be great,
The president has made it clear... that ALL fighting needs to stop — and the Ukrainians have agreed to that proposal, they're ready for peace. And now, we'll take that to the Russians..."
After the talks, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, while speaking to the media, said 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,
If they say no then we'll, unfortunately, know what the impediment is to peace here,
Rubio said of Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of its smaller neighbour in February 2022 Today we made an offer that the Ukrainians have accepted, which is to enter into a ceasefire and into immediate negotiations,
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters after around nine hours of talks in an ornate hotel in Jeddah We've gone from if the war is going to end to how the war is going to end,
Waltz told reporters alongside Rubio Russia needs to say, very clearly, they want peace or not, they want to end this war, which they started, or no,
We’re going to tell them this is what’s on the table. Ukraine is ready to stop shooting and start talking. And now it’ll be up to them to say yes or no,
The Ukrainian delegation today made something very clear: that they share President Trump’s vision for peace.”
US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz added But those [security guarantees] appear to be missing at the moment. Perhaps that’s something that can be discussed, although we know that Donald Trump is really, really against that idea of explicit security guarantees for Ukraine,
Russia is open for peace efforts, for peace settlement around Ukraine, and we actually prefer to reach our goals through peaceful and diplomatic means."
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov rejected the report, saying
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