The "ball is in (Russia's) court," U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on March 11 after Kyiv and Washington emerged from talks in Saudi Arabia in agreement over a ceasefire proposal.
After the negotiations with Washington, Ukraine announced that it was ready to accept a 30-day-long ceasefire if Russia also complied with it.
Now, all eyes are on Moscow as it mulls a response to the proposal, but expectations are not high -- even if a ceasefire comes into force, Moscow has a long history of disregarding them.
After Russia invaded Ukraine's east with the use of proxies and annexed Crimea in 2014, Moscow violated multiple ceasefire deals 25 times, President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a meeting with Trump in the Oval Office on Feb. 28.
We asked five serving Ukrainian soldiers what they thought of the ceasefire proposal and if they think Russia will agree to its terms.
https://kyivindependent.com/there-will-still-be-war-ukrainian-soldiers-on-cease fire-proposal-russia-and-putin/
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* Origin: Ukraine News from various sources (2:263/1)