US Demands Immediate Ceasefire in Ukraine at UN Security Council

U.S. envoy Dan Negrea said that Moscow cannot achieve its goals on the battlefield and that ‘escalation will not change that.’

The site of a Russian missile and drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 24, 2026. Stringer/Reuters

U.S. envoy Dan Negrea on June 8 called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.

Speaking at the U.N. Security Council, Negrea said that Washington urges “both sides to immediately agree to a comprehensive ceasefire leading to a negotiated end to the war,” adding that the “cycle of retaliation, escalation, violence, and death must stop.”