Russia Muddies Position on the U.S.'s Proposal for Temporary Ceasefire with Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to walk back his foreign policy adviser’s comments from earlier in the day rejecting the U.S.-brokered temporary ceasefire deal with Ukraine.

Russia does “agree with the proposals for the ceasefire,” Putin said. “But our position is based on the assumption that the ceasefire would lead to long-term peace.”

“The idea itself is correct and we support it, but there are questions on both sides,” Putin said.