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When the president said that it was possible to discuss the issue of not striking civilian targets, including bilaterally, the president had in mind negotiations and discussions with the Ukrainian side."
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, quoted later by Interfax news agency, told reporters President Putin and the Russian side remain open to seeking a peaceful settlement. We are continuing to work with the American side and, of course, we hope that this work will yield results,
We have always talked about this, that we have a positive attitude towards any peace initiatives. We hope that representatives of the Kyiv regime will feel the same way,
Putin told state TV reporter Pavel Zarubin Ukraine maintains its proposal not to strike at the very least civilian targets. And we are expecting a clear response from Moscow,
Ukraine, the United Kingdom, France, and the United States -- we are ready to move forward as constructively as possible, just as we have done before, to achieve an unconditional ceasefire followed by the establishment of a real and lasting peace,
the Ukrainian president wrote The nature of Ukraine's actions will remain symmetrical: ceasefire will be met with ceasefire, and Russian strikes will be met with our own in defence. Actions always speak louder than words,
he said on social network X We always have a positive attitude towards a truce, which is why we came up with such an initiative, especially since we are talking about the bright Easter days,
This is all a subject for careful study, perhaps even bilaterally. We do not rule this out."
Asked about Zelenskiy's proposed 30-day truce on civilian targets, he said Hopefully Russia and Ukraine will make a deal this week.”
On Easter Sunday, Trump wrote on Truth Social It would be a threat to the national interests of the Russian Federation,
Overall, across the front line, there were 96 Russian assaults, 1,882 instances of shelling on our positions, including 812 involving heavy weaponry, and over 950 instances of FPV drone use by Russian forces,
Zelensky wrote Monday on social media If, for some reason, one of the two parties makes it very difficult, we're just going to say, 'You're fools, you're horrible people,' and we're going to just take a pass."
President Donald Trump said in later remarks in the White House We're not going to continue to fly all over the world and do meeting after meeting after meeting if no progress is being made."
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday If it can, we're prepared to do whatever we can to facilitate that and make sure that it happens, that it ends in a durable and just way,
Rubio said on Friday as he departed high-level talks with Ukrainian and European officials This is something that brings us satisfaction and aligns with our stance,
Peskov said in remarks reported by state media If it's not possible—if we're so far apart that this is not going to happen—then I think the president's probably at a point where he's going to say, 'Well, we're done,'
Actions always speak louder than words."
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday Easter has clearly demonstrated that the only source of this war, and the reason it drags on, is Russia.”
Either Putin does not have full control over his army, or the situation proves that in Russia, they have no intention of making a genuine move toward ending the war, and are only interested in favourable PR coverage."
So we need to determine very quickly now, and I'm talking about a matter of days, whether or not this is doable in the next few weeks. If it is, we're in. If it's not, then we have other priorities to focus on.”
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