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We have a big meeting with Russia tomorrow [12 March], and some great conversations hopefully will ensue,
Trump added, without specifying which meeting he was referring to
Russia is open for peace efforts, for peace settlement around Ukraine, and we actually prefer to reach our goals through peaceful and diplomatic means."
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov rejected the report, saying
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Don't rush to put on rose-tinted spectacles,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in Moscow on Tuesday at the Higher School of Economics, according to Reuters
We’ll take this offer now to the Russians, and we hope they’ll say yes to peace. The ball is now in their court,
he added
Today we made an offer that the Ukrainians have accepted, which is to enter into a ceasefire and into immediate negotiations,
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio saidThis is an additional signal to Putin that he should also be interested in a ceasefire in the air,
said Andriy Kovalenko, a national security council official responsible for countering disinformationThere are no (peace) negotiations yet, so there is nothing to disrupt here."
Asked whether the overnight drone attack could derail peace talks, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov saidI’m not saying that alone is enough, but it’s the kind of concession you would need to see in order to end the conflict,
he told reporters
We are ready to do everything to achieve peace,
the Ukrainian president’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, told reporters as he entered Tuesday’s meeting at a luxury hotelIt is absolutely impossible to talk about positions yet,
he said