US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are expected to speak this week as Russia has yet to agree to a US-brokered ceasefire proposal with Ukraine. Putin says he agrees in principle to the ceasefire but that there are “serious questions” for Russia to be addressed. Zelenskyy accused the Kremlin of not wanting to end the war and warned that Moscow wanted to first “improve their situation on the battlefield” before agreeing to any ceasefire. Putin said the initiative would benefit primarily Ukraine and not Russian forces. 

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