Moscow Hardball plays as part of a weapon suspension agreement as American officials in Russia

American negotiators are in Moscow in Ukrainian conversations about the suspension of weapons on Thursday, but Russia's readiness to buy in the conditions of a temporary truce developed without his contribution is still questioned.

Russia is under pressure to sign up for riots in the White House 30-day weapon suspension agreementWhich, as the US say, will show whether the Kremlin is seriously approaching the end of the war with Ukraine.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the ball is in Russia after he and Ukrainian officials invented a weapon suspension agreement at the beginning of the week. Meanwhile, the President of the USA Donald Trump On Wednesday, he said that for Russia it would be financially “destructive” if it did not agree to a truce, which indicates that more sanctions could be imposed on the country if he disagreed.

But the music of the mood coming out of Moscow on Thursday before the talks was not positive. Yuri Ushakov, a Russian presidential advisor, refrained from telling state media, whether Russia would reject the Trump's arms suspension agreement, but she noticed that the truce would give Ukraine a chance to increase his strength.

Ushakov said that he gave this position of US national security advisor to Mike Waltz during a conversation on Wednesday.

“This is nothing but a temporary respite for the Ukrainian army, nothing more. We believe that our goal is still a long -term peaceful settlement, we strive for it. A peaceful settlement, which takes into account the legitimate interests of our country – our fears, “he said, according to the translation of NBC.

Comments appear after the US delegation under the leadership of the special envoy Trump, Steve Witkoff, came to Moscow for talks on Thursday, confirmed by the Kremlin, while calming the expectations of a possible result of the meeting.

“According to NBC News Reporting NBC News, negotiators are flying contacts,” said Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov on Thursday, adding: “We don't overtake ourselves, we'll say later. There were already contacts. “

The Kremlin initially gave a muted response to the proposal to suspend weapons, asking for more details.

Agreement, As specified in a joint statementHe would see that all military activities ceased and could be extended beyond the initial 30-day term after mutual agreement. The draft agreement also requires “exchange of prisoners of war, release of civil detainees and a return of forced Ukrainian children to Russia.”

As part of the US plan, they immediately raised their pause on sharing an interview with Ukraine, as well as military assistance.

Russia has already signaled a number of its red lines about all future peace agreements, repeatedly stating – on Thursday – that it will not tolerate the distribution of any foreign soldiers in Ukraine or the construction of foreign military bases in the country.

Russian president Vladimir Putin He is still to comment on the contract, and in the last 24 hours he put in the fatigue of the army to visit the Russian Kursk region, which was partly occupied by the Ukrainian forces after invading in August last year.

The rare visit of Putin on the front line was seen a demonstration of the Kremlin initiative in the war, and the Russian forces achieve a constant benefit in eastern Ukraine and His Ministry of Defense claims that the entire Kursk region will soon regain.

Analysts say that Russia will be a fight to avoid what Andrius Tursa, Central and Eastern Europe advisor in Teneo, described as “arms suspension curve” from Ukraine and the USA, but they are also skeptical that Moscow will agree – or follow the suspension agreement. There has already been some dissatisfaction in Moscow, and one senior Russian official stated on Wednesday that each contract would be on the categories of Moscow, not Washington.

“Ukraine assessed the initiative, appearing as a willing partner of a weapon suspension agreement, and now how did Putin play it?” Tim Ash, a senior strategist for emerging markets in RBC Bluebay Asset Management, said on Thursday E -Mail, adding that “if he disagrees with the suspension of weapons, he is revealed as a cancerous actor … and risks Trump's anger.”

Volodymyr Dubovyk, an academic and analyst at the Center for Policy Analysis or CEPA, commented on Wednesday that the Ukrainian meeting can be seen as a “breakthrough”.

“The question is: a breakthrough in the direction of what exactly? The main questions remain the same as before the agreement. What will be the answer of Moscow? I think he can have fun, pretending that he also wants peace ” He noticed on Wednesday.

Greene himself, a Russian expert in a flail, ruled that Russia's consent would not be available to the proposal.

“With immediate Russian compliance, the frustration of the White House can lead to the renovated demands of Ukrainian concessions. Europe must move quickly to help reduce the relationship between Kiev from Washington, with particular emphasis on intelligence and air defense, thus insulation of Ukraine from the attack of Russians and American inconsistency, ” he said in the analysis on WednesdayAdding that there is also no “place for complacency when it comes to the washington-moscow dynamics.”