Putin Says He Sup­ports Cease­fire in Ukraine, with Caveats

This is a devel­op­ing sto­ry. 

Russ­ian Pres­i­dent Vladimir Putin expressed cau­tious sup­port Thurs­day for the 30-day, Amer­i­can-pro­posed cease­fire agree­ment that Kiev accept­ed ear­li­er in the week. Nev­er­the­less, Putin added that fur­ther nego­ti­a­tions with the U.S. were need­ed. 

“We are in favor of it, but there are nuances,” Putin said dur­ing a press con­fer­ence. 

Putin insist­ed that a cease­fire should be part of a process that address­es the “root caus­es of this cri­sis.” He point­ed to some ques­tions that he said should be answered before a cease­fire is agreed to, such as whether Ukraine would con­tin­ue receiv­ing arms from West­ern nations if the fight­ing stops.

The Russ­ian leader is sched­uled to meet tonight with Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff.  

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