Moscow, Russia – The Kremlin said on Wednesday it had not yet responded to the 30-day ceasefire proposal already accepted by Ukraine as it awaits a briefing by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the results of negotiations with Kyiv in the Saudi city of Jeddah.
“We expect, as was said yesterday in Jeddah, Secretary of State Rubio and National Security Adviser Waltz to inform us through various channels about the details of the negotiations and the understanding reached in the coming days,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told his daily press briefing.
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Peskov stressed that Moscow needed to receive the details before making any decisions, adding that Russia planned to hold contacts with US officials in this regard.
“First, we must receive this information. We also have contacts with the Americans planned for these days, during which we expect to have complete information,” he said.
The Kremlin spokesman said Moscow wouldn’t rule out the possibility of a “telephone conversation” at the highest level between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, if necessary, as the current channels of dialogue between the two countries would make it possible in a short time.
Speaking at the end of talks in Jeddah on Tuesday, Trump expressed confidence that his Russian counterpart would also agree to a ceasefire.
“Ukraine has agreed to it, and hopefully Russia will agree to it. I think the ceasefire is very important. If we can get Russia to do it, that’ll be great. If we can’t, we just keep going on, and people are going to get killed—lots of people,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
As part of the first round of negotiations with the US in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, Kyiv agreed to a 30-day ceasefire along the entire front on the condition that Moscow also accept the truce.
“Ukraine is ready to accept this proposal. We see it as a positive step and are ready to take it. Now, it is up to the United States to convince Russia to do the same. If Russia agrees, the ceasefire will take effect immediately,” Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskyy wrote on X.
Putin rejected this possibility several months ago, as did Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov last week, who also ruled out the possible deployment of European peacekeepers in Ukraine.
According to Russian sources, Ukrainian troops are reportedly withdrawing from the Kursk border region, which has been partially under their control since Aug. 2024 and is one of the main obstacles to future peace negotiations.
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