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They see [the ceasefire talks] as an opportunity to get what they need in order to have a long-term settlement in the conflict with Ukraine, because they are adamant that their demands have to be met,
Putin said that he’s going to speak with the US president soon to pass on his concerns and questions that continue at this point, but for the time being, [he is] making it clear that Russia is in favour of ending this conflict, but it has to be clearly on their terms,
The idea itself is correct, and we certainly support it. But there are issues that we need to discuss,
And I think we need to talk to our American colleagues as well,
We agree with the proposals to cease hostilities,
Putin told reporters at a news conference in the Kremlin We've been discussing with Ukraine land. Pieces of land that would be kept and lost... There is a power plant involved. A very big power plant involved. Who is going to get the power plant."
He put out a very promising statement, but it wasn't complete,
Hopefully they’ll do the right thing,
he added in reference to Russia We know where we are with Ukraine,
he told reporters while speaking from the Oval Office alongside NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte A lot of the details of a final agreement have actually been discussed,
Trump told reporters moments after Putin’s remarks We agree with the proposal to end the hostilities. However, we believe that this ceasefire should lead to long-term peace and the elimination of the root causes of the conflict,
They discussed NATO and being in NATO, and everybody knows what’s the answer to that. They’ve known this answer for 40 years,