Ukraine War: USA are waiting for ceasefire proposal from Moscow

After the phone call of US President Donald Trump and Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin, the USA awaits a proposal from Moscow for a ceasefire in Ukraine. Putin said that Russia would make a proposal that would lead to a ceasefire, which would then lead to a broader trial, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at a hearing in a committee of the US Senate in Washington. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj relates to the USA as a motor in possible peace negotiations with Russia.

On Monday, US President Trump, after his phone call with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, had prospect of an arms rest between Russia and Ukraine. However, Trump did not give any details – and was once again criticized not to put enough pressure on Moscow in his peace efforts. Trump Putin reported that there was no further sanctions against Russia for now.

Rubio now said that the context of the avoided Russian proposal will then know what the thinking of the Russians and where they are. “I think Putin will always be a deal when he believes that this is in his best interest, for the country, for Russia and for his view of the world.” Ukraine has been defending a Russian attack war for more than three years.

Selenskyj emphasizes the role of the United States as an engine in negotiations

Despite the waiting stance of the United States, Selenskyj campaigned for a leading role of Washington in further negotiations. “It is America that is feared by Russia, and it is the American influence that can save many lives when it is used as a means of pressure to move Putin to end war,” said Selenskyj in his evening video message. “It is important that America continues to advocate peace.”

Selenskyj praised the 17th sanction package that the EU had passed on Tuesday. “This is a step in the right direction, and there should be so many sanction steps as necessary so that Russia is interested in peace and gets the full price of his aggression and his desire to extend the war,” he said. There is a sanction decision by the United Kingdom and the EU, “and it would be good if the United States would also contribute to it”.

The now 17th package with punitive measures provides for further tightening of the procedure against the so -called Russian shadow fleet for the transport of oil and oil products.

Vatican ready as a host of negotiations

In the meantime, according to the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Pope Leo XIV confirmed his willingness to host the Ukraine War for negotiations. Meloni reported a phone call to the Pontifex, in which he confirmed the availability of the Vatican as a neutral place for possible negotiations between the aggressor from Moscow and Kiev. The new head of the Catholic Church had already made a corresponding offer in the past few days.

Meloni announced that at a conference call on Monday, she was asked to ask Pope Leo again with Trump and European heads of state and government. She did this quickly. She would like to thank the Pontifex for his commitment and his will to work on a fair and permanent peace in Ukraine, it said from the Prime Minister’s office in Rome.

Russia has sent 20,000 naturalized people to the front

According to their own statements, the Russian authorities sent around 20,000 migrants to the war against Ukraine after their naturalization. Military investigators regularly carried out raids to find newly naturalized men who did not want to register with the military, said the head of the investigative committee, Alexander Bastrykin, according to the state news agency TASS. “We fished 80,000 and recorded for military service and 20,000 of these” young “citizens of Russia, whom it does not like for some reason to live in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan or Kyrgyzstan, are already on the front.”

Russia is still the goal of many immigrants, especially from the Central Asian ex-Soviet republics, more than 30 years after the Soviet Union’s decay. In the states mentioned by Bastrykin, the standard of living is significantly lower than in Russia and there are no jobs, so that many young men come as guest workers and then try to acquire Russian citizenship.

In addition to immigrants, the Kremlin relies on financial incentives in order to attract volunteers from the poor regions of Russia. In addition, soldiers of the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, allied with the Kremlin, were also used to recapture parts of the West Russian region of Kursk in recent months. There are also reports on recruited citizens of other states such as China, India, Cuba or Senegal or Togo.