Ukraine Says It Is Ready To Accept 30-Day Ceasefire

[Spungle]

Very good progress, and encouraging.  USA and Ukraine have called Russia's bluff. The ball is in Russia's court.  This will show whether Russia is serious about peace now or not.

[Stableford]

Right Putin, the pressure's on.  Perhaps a few more drones pounding the Red Square would gently encourage him to get a ceasefire agreed asap?!

[newmodarmy]

//Ukraine Says It Is Ready To Accept 30-Day Ceasefire//

It's not a great surprise though is it?

Even if Russia agrees the hard bit then is finding a solution

[scorpiojo]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-violated-ceasefire-25-times-093308934.html

[Hazi-Hammenuhoth]

This is a positive first step towards peace.  

[sandyRoe]

Why should Putin not agree to the ceasefire?  He appears to have all he wants, for the time being.

[newmodarmy]

He might agree to the ceasefire ...but if he has gor as much as he wants (which I doubt) the difficult bit is agreeing on the next bits- who keeps what, what will be put in place to stop him returning to have another go or doing the same in other former USSR countries. But we have to start somewhere.

[tomus42]

If Russia was serious about peace they wouldn't have started a war.

There's no reason why they shouldn't accept a 30 day ceasefire though.

[Old_Geezer]

Ukraine says it is ready to accept a resumption of US intelligence/weaponry.

 

A limited ceasefire, if it holds, is no more than a first step.  We'll have to wait and see what next.

[Hazi-Hammenuhoth]

"If Russia was serious about peace they wouldn't have started a war."  Very true.  But I believe they seriously underestimated Ukraine and I doubt Russia would have invaded knowing what it knows now.  Such is hindsight.  But now an opportunity for some sort of compromise deal to end the killing and allow both parties to save face?  I believe this would tempt Russia.  But if not, carry on with the killing.

[1ozzy]

But,  does the USA get most of the rights to the Ukrainian minerals with this peace deal?

Seem to remember that was what Donald wanted 🤔

Vlad probably wanted the same rights.

[Hymie]

From today’s Daily Mail:-

 

//Putin launches drone strikes on Kyiv hours after Trump challenged him to 'tango' and agree Ukraine ceasefire as pressure mounts on Kremlin to back down//

 

Perhaps something was lost in translation in the above newspaper headline – and Putin thought Trump wanted him to paint his face orange.

[Old_Geezer]

It was likely the slapping both sides of his face he was upset about.

[Sinead_O]

Good first step.  Let's see what Putin does next.

[youngmafbog]

Hynie, you really are naive arnt you?

Do you really think things like a ceasefire happen because Trump posts it on Twitter or whatever?  It will take a team of negotiators to navigate a ceasefire agreement before anything stops, could be weeks.

And then, as pointed out above, the hard stuff starts.

But its a step in the right direction IMHO, enough with the killing.