President Trump "wants to see a permanent ceasefire first, to stop the killing, stop the bloodshed," press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

Donald Trump’s State Department has attacked Vladimir Putin’s decision to unilaterally declare a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War 2 next month. The US government also repeated their previous threats to pull out of peace talks,

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a unilateral three-day ceasefire in Ukraine next month, a move met with skepticism by Ukrainian officials who demanded the Kremlin leader immediately accept a longer truce proposal from the United States that he has so far rejected.