Ukraine agrees to 30-day ceasefire in war with Russia, US says

today we made an offer that the ukrainians have accepted which is to enter into a ceasefire and into immediate uh negotiations to end this conflict in a way that's enduring and sustainable and accounts for their interests their security their ability to prosper as a nation yes it's it's that's the offer the offer is to stop the shooting the G the goal here is the only way out to end this war is to negotiate out of it there's no military solution to this war the solution to this war and the way to end it and to

achieve the the president um objective of peace is to negotiate but before you can negotiate you have to stop shooting at each other and that's what the president has wanted to see and that's what that's the commitment we got today from the Ukrainian side their willingness to do that obviously now that'll be delivered to the Russians it'll be delivered to them directly through multiple channels uh meaning not only will they obviously see it we've are you know it'll be communicated to them through our diplomatic channels through conversations and other methods but they'll obviously be well

aware and our hope is that the Russians will say yes that they will also agree so the shooting will stop the will stop the dying will stop and the talks can begin about how to end this war permanently in a way that's acceptable and enduring for both sides the number the best Goodwill gesture the Russians can provide is to say yes to say yes to the offer that the ukrainians have made to stop the shooting to stop the fighting and get to the table if they do that that's the best Goodwill sign we could see

obviously as part of that negotiation as we're talking about how to end this conflict there will be a lot of issues to unravel among them not the least of which is the humanitarian concerns the children the prisoners of War all the things that sadly come with these conflicts but the number one Goodwill gesture we could see from the Russians is to see the Ukrainian offer and reciprocate it with a yes on the second question well let me answer first on the minerals deal as as as part of our communication today you know that is something

that was negotiated through our Treasury and his counterpart on the Ukrainian side and so the president and you see that Express both presidents will instruct the appropriate members of our governments to bring to finality the signature of the deal and the the signature of this agreement so that that was communicated today and that's going to happen that was not the subject of our talks today I thought I made you know I expressed that on our way in our we were here in Pursuit Of Peace that doesn't mean the minerals deal is not very important it

most certainly is and we expressed that today in the statements we put out jointly that the president our respective presidents have instructed the appropriate members of of their governments to bring this to finality and to conclusion