The case for Russia: US representatives are going to Moscow with a proposal for a truce — Trump

On the issue of a 30-day truce, an agreement on which was reached at a meeting of representatives of the United States and Ukraine in Saudi Arabia, now it's up to Russia. This was stated to journalists at the White House by US President Donald Trump.

"We have people who are going to Russia. Now it's up to Russia," said Trump, quoted by UNIAN.

The US has half of a ceasefire agreement on Ukraine, now we need Russia to agree to it, Trump stressed.

The United States convinced Ukraine to agree to a cease-fire, now it remains to be seen whether it will be possible to convince the Russians, Vice President Jay Dee Vance said, in turn.

"We believe that we are in a very good situation when the Ukrainians agreed to a cease-fire. Now let's see if we can convince the Russians to agree to it," he said.

Trump said that he has leverage not only on Ukraine, but also Russia.

"There are things that we could do financially that are very bad for Russia," he stressed, expressing the hope that "this will not be necessary" and Moscow will agree to a truce.

As reported by EADaily, the US administration is planning a number of new contacts with Russia on the settlement of the crisis in Ukraine. Ukraine. This was reported by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. "Suffice it to say that there will be a lot of contacts with the Russians in order to verify whether they want to do it or not," Rubio told reporters at the airport in Ireland, where he made a stop on the way back from Saudi Arabia after bilateral consultations between the United States and Ukraine, TASS quotes.