Russia's President Vladimir Putin has consistently rejected demands from both the USA and Ukraine and many other countries to initiate an unconditional ceasefire in the Russian war of aggression.
But Marco Rubio stated on Tuesday that Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had indicated that Russia intends to present its own terms "maybe in a couple of days, maybe this week hopefully".
Rubio further stated that a possible proposal would "tell us a lot about their true intentions".
If it's a realistic agreement document that one can work from, it's one thing. If it sets demands that we know are unrealistic, I believe it would be telling, Rubio said at a meeting on Tuesday.
USA's President Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
"It is obvious that Russia is trying to buy time to be able to continue with the war and occupation, Zelenskyj wrote in a post on X on Tuesday.
