Exclusive: Putin wants Ukraine ceasefire on current frontlines, sources say
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, May 23, 2024. YURI KOCHETKOV/Pool via REUTERS Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines, four Russian sources told Reuters, saying he is prepared to fight on if Kyiv and the West do not respond.
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Moscow's forces are increasingly hammering the northeastern regional capital, a city of 1.2 million, as they attempt to press a ground assault on the border region and stretch Ukrainian defences on the eastern front.