Russian President Vladimir Putin offered highly conditional support for the proposed 30-day ceasefire deal with Ukraine, quickly adding that he supported the idea in principle but that several difficult issues arising from the three-year-old war must be addressed before he will sign on to the U.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he didn’t support an immediate cease-fire in Ukraine, calling for more discussion on a permanent end to the war as Moscow’s army made rapid gains toward expelling Kyiv’s forces from its Kursk region.

Zelensky's comments come after Putin agreed fighting must end but any plan must remove the "underlying causes of this crisis".