Sources claim the Kremlin is wary, as Poland reports that U.S. military aid to Ukraine has already resumed at full speed.
Russia has remained silent regarding Ukraine’s acceptance of a United States ceasefire proposal.
The Kremlin stated on Wednesday that it is awaiting a briefing from the United States following talks with Ukrainian officials before commenting on its stance on the proposed ceasefire. However, there are indications that Moscow is cautious, especially as U.S. military aid to Kyiv has swiftly resumed.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov emphasized the importance of not “getting ahead” of the issue of responding to the ceasefire proposal and suggested that a phone call between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump to discuss the matter has not been ruled out.
“We assume that Secretary of State Rubio and Advisor [Michael] Walz will inform us through various channels in the coming days about the negotiations that took place and the understandings reached,” he added.
Ukraine expressed its “readiness” to accept a 30-day ceasefire during a meeting in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. The U.S. has stated that the ball is now in Russia’s court.
Moscow officials, however, have signaled that Russia is wary.
“Russia is advancing [on the battlefield], so it will be different with Russia,” Senator Konstantin Kosachev noted in a post on the messaging app Telegram. “Any agreements should be on our terms, not American.”
A senior Russian source told Reuters that Russia would need to negotiate the terms of any ceasefire and secure guarantees of some kind.
“It is difficult for Putin to agree to this in its current form,” the source said. “Putin has a strong position because Russia is advancing.”
Return to Arms
In response to Ukraine’s agreement to the ceasefire proposal, the U.S. agreed to resume military aid and intelligence sharing with Kyiv, which had been suspended last week following a dispute between Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Poland, which serves as a logistics hub for delivering military aid to its eastern neighbor, stated on Wednesday morning that the flow of weapons had already returned to previous levels.
“I confirm that arms deliveries via Jasionka [logistics hub] have returned to previous levels,” Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told reporters.
The news was welcomed by Kyiv’s European allies, who are now seeking to increase pressure on Russia to respond to the ceasefire proposal.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said, “The idea of a 30-day ceasefire is an important and correct step toward a just peace for Ukraine … Now it’s up to [President Vladimir] Putin.”
Continued Fighting
Amid the intense diplomatic back-and-forth, the fighting on the ground has continued.
Just before the meeting in Saudi Arabia, Ukraine launched its largest-ever drone attack on Moscow, killing several people and causing widespread damage.
Kyiv stated that the barrage was intended to encourage Putin to accept the truce proposals.
Late on Tuesday, Russian ballistic missiles killed four Syrian men as they struck a ship docked at the southern Ukrainian port of Odesa. Another missile killed a woman in Kryvih Rih.
In the Russian region of Kursk, held by Kyiv, Ukrainian troops appeared on the verge of losing their hard-won foothold, as Moscow claimed further advances, and military bloggers on both sides reported that Kyiv’s forces were withdrawing.
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