Putin sets out conditions for Ukraine ceasefire
Russian
President Vladimir Putin said he agreed with the idea of a ceasefire in
Ukraine, but that "questions" remained about the nature of a truce as
he set out a number of tough conditions.
The Russian
president was responding to a plan
for a 30-day ceasefire, which Ukraine agreed to earlier this week after
talks with the US.
Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelensky described Putin's response to the plan as
"manipulative" and called for more sanctions on Russia.
Meanwhile,
the US placed further sanctions on Russian oil, gas and banking sectors.
Russian
officials said Putin was expected to hold talks on the ceasefire on Thursday
evening with US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff, who had
flown to Moscow earlier that day.
Late on
Thursday and overnight, both Russia and Ukraine reported new enemy drone
attacks.
Ukraine said
seven people - including children - were injured in the north-eastern city of
Kharkiv.
Russia
reported a large fire at an oil facility in the southern city of Tuapse.
Speaking at
a news conference in Moscow on Thursday, Putin said of the ceasefire proposal:
"The idea is right - and we support it - but there are questions that we
need to discuss."
A ceasefire
should lead to "an enduring peace and remove the root causes of this
crisis", Putin said.
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