Kremlin aide dismisses U.S.-Ukraine ceasefire proposal
Russia sees the ceasefire suggested by the U.S. and Ukraine as little more than a chance for Kyiv's forces to regroup, a senior aide to Vladimir Putin said.
MYKOLAIV, Ukraine — Russia sees the temporary ceasefire suggested by the U.S. and Ukraine as little more than a chance for Kyiv's forces to regroup, a senior aide to Vladimir Putin said Thursday.
Washington says it is waiting to hear Moscow's reaction to the temporary 30-day ceasefire plan sketched out by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Ukrainian counterparts in Saudi Arabia this week. President Donald Trump has suggested he could hit Russia with sanctions if they reject the proposal.
On Thursday Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov appeared to do just that, calling the outlined plan "nothing else than a temporary respite for the Ukrainian military, nothing more."
He told Russian state media that the country's "goal is still a long-term peaceful settlement... [that] takes into account the legitimate interests of our country."
Russian President Vladimir Putin on a visit to the Kursk region Wednesday.Kremlin.ru / AFP via Getty Images"Steps that imitate peaceful actions, it seems to me, are of no use to anyone," he added, also saying that he conveyed that position to U.S. national security adviser Mike Waltz in a phone call Wednesday.
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