Russia plays hard ball over a ceasefire deal

Us Negotiators are in Moscow for Ukraine War Ceasefire Talks on Thursday, but russia’s willingness to buy into the terms of a temporary truth devised with its in Qustion.

Russia is under pressure to sign up to the white house-brokered 30-day ceasefire agreementWhich the US says

Us Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wedns Day the ball was in Russia’s court after he and ukrainian Officials came up with a ceasefire deal earlier in the week. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump on Wedns Day that it would be finalized “devastating” for russia if it did not agree to a truce, hinting that more sanctions courses clock be it If it did not acquesce.

But the mood music coming out of Moscow on Thursday ahead of the talks was not positive. Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov Refrained from Telling State Media Whether Russia will reject trump’s ceasefire deal, but noted that a truce will Give Ukrane A Chaense to BoostTs FORCES

Ushakov said he had conveyed this position to us National Security Adviser Mike Waltz during a call on wedding.

“This is Nothing else than a temporary respite for the Ukrainian Military, Nothing More. Into account the legitimate interests of our Country – Our Concerns, “He Said, According to A NBC News Translation.

The comments come after A US Delegation LED by Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff Arrived In Moscow for Talks on Chiursday, The Krempling Exactations as to the post Outcome of the meeting.

“The Negotiators are flying in, indeed, contacts are scheduled,” Kremlin press secretary dmitry peskov told reporters tea, according to NBC News Reporting, According, Adding: “Let Get Ahed of” Oarselves, We’ll Tell You Later. There have alredy been contacts. “

The kremlin initially delivered a muteed reaction to the ceasefire proposal, asking for more details.

The deal, as laid out in a joint statementWould see all Military Activities CEASE AND BEE Extnded Beyond The Initial 30-Day Term by Mutual Agreement. The agreement draft also requires “the exchange of prisoners of war, the release of civilian detanes, and the return of forcibly transferred ukrainian children to russia.”

As part of the plan, the us immediatively lifted its pause on sharing intelligence with ukraine, as well as military aid.

Russia has alredy signals a number of its lines over any future peace deal, reepeatedly stating – Including on Thursday – that it will not tolerate the deployment of any Foreign Troops in Ukraine, Construction of Foreign Military Base in the Country.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is Yet to comment on the deal and, in the last 24 hours, Donned Army Fatigues to visit the russian region of kursk that has been partially-occupied by ukrainian forces forces Last August.

Putin’s rare visit to the frontline was seen a kremlin demonstration of initiative in the war, with russia’s forces making steady Gains in Eastern Ukraine and Its defense ministry claiming it will only retake the entry kursk region.

Analysts Say it will be a struggle for russia to avoid whats andrius tursa, center and Eastern Europe Advisor at Teneo, Described as a “Ceasefire Curveball” Curveball “From Ukraine and The Us But The Us But The Us But The Us But The Us But The Us But The Us But The Us But The Us But The Us Skeptical that Moscow will agree to – or abide by – a ceasefire deal. There have alredy been some grumblings of discontent in Moscow, with one Senior Russian Official Stating Wednsday That any deal would be on Moscow’s terms, not washington’s.

“Ukraine retook the initiative by appearing as the willing partner to a ceasefire deal and now how is this putin going to play this?” Emailed comments twursday, adding that “if he fails to agre to a ceasefire he then is revised as the malign actor … and would risk the wrath of trump.”

Volodymyr dubovyk, an academic and analyst at the center for european policy analysis (CEPA), commented wedding that the Ukrainian-HUSTING NONSDAY that the Ukrainian-HSP

“The question is: a breakthrough towards what exactly? The main questions remain the same as as before the agreement. Wants PEACE, ” He Noted Wednsday,

Sam Greene, A Russia Expert at Cepa, Helda that Russia’s Agreement to the proposal would not be forthcoming.

“With immediati russian acquescence to a ceasefire unlikely to be forthcoming, the white house’s frustration may lead to renewed demands for ukrainian concessions. Reduce Kyiv’s Dependence on Washington, With Particular Emphasis on Intelligence and Air Defense, THUS Insulating Ukraine Both from Russian Attack and American Inconsistency, ” He said in analysis weddingAdding that there is also no “Room for Complacency when it comes to the washington-moscow dynamic.”