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There’s no sign that the Russians are willing to make any concessions,
said Angela Stent, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who was the top U.S. intelligence analyst for Russia and Eurasia
These are the same Russian demands that have been made since 1945,
said Kori Schake, a former Pentagon official who directs foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise InstituteI think we have to develop something entirely new,
he saidMoscow has every reason to believe that ... if this process lands anywhere, it will land in a place that is more or less on Russia's terms, as long as the process is being driven by Washington,
Greene said
There is a paradox in these talks and peace initiatives – Ukraine and Russia are both vying for Donald Trump's attention and seeking to improve their positions with his help,
Naumov said in a commentaryIf they say no, then we'll unfortunately know what the impediment is to peace here,
the former Florida senator said of Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of its smaller neighbor in February 2022Since Russia now has the upper hand on the battlefield, time is on its side in terms of peace negotiations. But the US is eager to withdraw from the crisis, ignoring the feelings of Europeans to some degree,
Wang said
Peace would allow Russia to influence Ukrainian politics and use peaceful means to ensure friendly relations,
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I have stated our position that this is nothing other than a temporary respite for the Ukrainian military, nothing more,
Ushakov said
We are ready to discuss the initiatives set out there in future contacts with the United States. Such contacts are already possible as early as today,
Zakharova saidRussia could say 'yes, but' to a ceasefire offer, accepting a 30-day truce on condition that an embargo is imposed on arms supplies to Ukraine,
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China has been calling for political settlement through dialogue and negotiation since the first day of the Ukraine crisis, and has been actively working for peace and pushing for talks,
Mao said
Ukraine is ready to accept this proposal — we see it as a positive step and are ready to take it,
Zelensky said
We've gone from if the war is going to end to how the war is going to end,
Waltz told reporters alongside Rubio
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
Russia needs to say, very clearly, they want peace or not; they want to end this war, which they started, or no,
Yermak told reportersThe American side understands our arguments, perceives our proposals, and I want to thank President Trump for the constructive conversation between our teams,
Zelenskyy said in his evening address
Our task in the near future, in the shortest possible time frame, is to decisively defeat the enemy entrenched in the Kursk region,
Mr Putin told generals in remarks televised late on Wednesday
As for the settlement of the situation, I would like to emphasize that it shouldn't be aimed at a brief truce — some sort of a break for regrouping troops and rearmament in order to continue the conflict — but a long-term peace,
Putin has saidThe sort of ceasefire that it might be interested in is quite clearly not the kind of ceasefire that the Ukrainians or the Europeans might be interested in, although the Americans may be more malleable on that,
he added