Moscow ‘Waiting for Ukrainian Response’ to 3-Day Cease-Fire Declaration

The Kremlin said Kyiv’s view of the proposal for the three-day cessation next month remained ’very difficult to understand.’

Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on April 26, 2025. Alexander Kazakov/AFP via Getty Images

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Ukraine had not responded to offers by Russian President Vladimir Putin to start direct peace negotiations, and that it was unclear whether it would join a three-day cease-fire he announced for next month.

“It was President Putin who repeatedly said that Russia is ready, without any preconditions, to start the negotiations process,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, Russian state news agency TASS reports.