While carefully avoiding an outright rejection of US ceasefire proposals, Moscow is playing for time
Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates
For once, the US president and European leaders were on the same page.
Grasping for a familiar metaphor, a chorus of western heads of state declared this week that “the ball was in Russia’s court” after Ukraine agreed in talks with the US on Tuesday to an immediate 30-day ceasefire.
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