Earlier,the aim had been a 30-day ceasefire,but Trump did not impose a deadline.
Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Putin was set to ‘drag out the war’.
‘If the Russians are not ready to stop the killings,there must be stronger sanctions for that,’ he said.
‘Pressure on Russia will encourage it to make real peace – this is obvious to everyone in the world. I also reaffirmed that Ukraine is ready for direct negotiations with Russia in any format that will yield results. Turkey,the Vatican,Switzerland – we are considering all possible venues.
‘Russia must end the war that it started,and it can do so any day. Ukraine is always ready for peace.’
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