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Well, that's obviously a grand hypothetical question that I won't comment on, because we’re not there yet. The current state of play is that the Ukrainians have agreed to a ceasefire, the Ukrainians have agreed to the peace plan that was put on the table yesterday [11 March] in Saudi Arabia by the secretary of state and our national security adviser, whom I just spoke with before coming out here."
I don’t have a readout on the president's calls, but as the president always does, if that call happens, he will let you guys know."
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,
In order to move toward peace, I will be introducing bone-breaking sanctions and tariffs against Russia before the end of the week. If they do not pursue the ceasefire with the same vigor as Ukraine, there will be hell to pay,
I expect overwhelming bipartisan support for my proposal,
There is a reference to Ukraine’s security there. This indicates that the topic was discussed,
Well done to the Trump Team. I hope Russia will follow. If Russia refuses, we should sanction the hell out of them,
America understands our position and accepts our proposals,
As both American and Ukrainian delegations have said, the ball is now in the Russian court. Russia must now agree to a ceasefire and an end to the fighting too,
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 want to get that war over with."
Following the agreement, Mr Trump told reporters in Washington The shaping of the position of the Russian Federation does not take place abroad due to some agreements or efforts of some parties,
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 Russian state media is likely attempting to portray the immediate Russian reaction as moderate for domestic audiences until Kremlin officials make public statements and provide a framing for broader Russian media coverage of the proposal
The Kremlin has not officially responded to the ceasefire proposal as of this publication, and Russian state media is attempting to frame earlier official Russian statements about bilateral US-Russian negotiations as responses to the ceasefire proposal."
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 considered different options today and various [options] are currently on the table. I would not like to talk about any specifics today since these consultations and talks are still ongoing... But these [must definitely be] guarantees that will one hundred per cent prevent any aggression in the future."
Well done to the Trump Team for getting Ukraine on board with the 30-day ceasefire proposal and moving strongly toward an honorable peace deal,
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,
The American side understands our arguments, accepts our proposals, and I want to thank president Trump for the constructiveness of the conversation between our teams."
The Ukrainian president wrote on Telegram
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