Trump says Ukraine agreed to ceasefire with Russia, hopes Putin will agree to it too: That’ll be great

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday welcomed Ukraine agreeing to reach a ceasefire with Russia, and expressed hope that Moscow will respond positively to it too. Trump’s reaction came after Kyiv said it was ready to accept a 30-day ceasefire with Moscow, following talks with US representatives in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah on Tuesday.

Expressing grief over the number of soldiers and civilians being killed on both sides in the Russia-Ukraine war, which has been raging for over three years now, Trump said that it needed to stop and that a ceasefire was “very important”.

“Ukraine ceasefire, just agreed to it a little while ago. Now we have to go to Russia, and hopefully, President (Vladimir) Putin will also agree to it. People are being killed in the cities as things explode throughout the cities. We want to get that war over with,” Trump said while speaking to reporters on Tuesday.

“That’s a total ceasefire. Ukraine has agreed to it and hopefully Russia will agree. The ceasefire is very important. If we can get Russia to do it, that’ll be great,” he added.

This is a developing story. It will be updated.