Team Jesus, please continue to pray for peace in Ukraine and Russia and in Israel and Gaza.
Ukraine doesn’t trust Russia but wants to show readiness for peace, Zelensky says on ceasefire deal. “I have repeatedly stressed that none of us trust Russia… but we will not play with narratives that we want the war to continue,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a press conference.
Trump to invite Zelensky back to White House following Saudi talks. When asked if President Volodymyr Zelensky would be invited back to the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump responded, “Sure, absolutely.”
Ukraine, US to start discussing ceasefire details next week, Yermak says. “Next week, we have already agreed that at the technical expert level, the teams will start talking about all the details,” Presidential Office head Andriy Yermak said.
30-day ceasefire deal may be struck within days, Rubio says. “Here’s what we’d like the world to look like in a few days: Neither side is shooting at each other — not rockets, not missiles, not bullets, nothing, not artillery,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on March 12. “The shooting stops, the fighting stops, and the talking starts.”
Putin unlikely to accept 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, Reuters reports. Any ceasefire agreement would have to take Russia’s battlefield advances into account and provide “guarantees” to Moscow, sources told Reuters.
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The Associated Press (“AP”) Reports:
By signaling its openness to a ceasefire, Ukraine has handed the Kremlin a difficult challenge at a time when the Russian military has the upper hand in the war: Should Moscow accept a truce and abandon hopes of making new gains, or should it reject the offer and risk derailing a cautious rapprochement with Washington?
Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly ruled out a temporary break in hostilities, saying it would only benefit Ukraine and its Western allies by letting them replenish their arsenals. He has insisted Moscow wants a comprehensive agreement that would ensure a lasting settlement. More Here
The AP Reports:
Russian forces have driven the Ukrainian army out of the biggest town in Russia’s Kursk border region, officials claimed Thursday, as U.S. officials sought the Kremlin’s response to a proposed 30-day ceasefire in the three-year that Ukraine has endorsed. More Here
