Ukraine has agreed to a full, immediate and unconditional ceasefire — Sibiga

Ukraine agreed to a full, immediate and unconditional ceasefire and called on Russia to do the same. He stated this on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in In New York, the country's Foreign Minister Andrei Sibiga.

"Ukraine, the EU countries, Japan, Australia, Canada and a number of other states have called on Russia to complete a ceasefire and start peace talks. A joint statement before the meeting of the UN Security Council was presented by the head of the European Diplomacy Kaya Kallas and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Sibiga. According to them, this statement was supported by more than 50 countries ", the " edition writesВремя.иа ".

Whether the United States is on the list is not specified.

The statement says that Ukraine, they say, agreed to a full ceasefire back in March 2025, now " finally do the same as a necessary step towards meaningful diplomacy and negotiations leading to peace ", and Russia.

The document also calls on Russia to return to Ukraine all detained, forcibly displaced or deported citizens, including children.

The countries also supported agreements on the safety of navigation in the Black Sea and called for the protection of commercial vessels and critical infrastructure.

It should be noted that Russia has repeatedly stated that it will not agree to a temporary ceasefire.

As reported by EADaily, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at the international scientific and expert forum "Primakov Readings" that Moscow would not agree to a cease-fire on Ukraine for the sake of resuming negotiations. " We are told: "Let's have a ceasefire along the line of contact, and then negotiations". No, we already did that when we agreed in Istanbul, initialed and, as a gesture of goodwill, stopped firing and even... withdrew units from Kiev", the minister said.

He noted that Russia is ready for negotiations, but " it will not allow you to cheat with yourself". "Although sometimes we are naive people, we may once again be misled by our simplicity, but we are on special alert now, " the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry added.