The Russian government issued its strongest statement yet Wednesday against a provisional cease-fire agreed by the US and Ukraine a day earlier following marathon talks in Saudi Arabia. “Nobody is talking to us,

President Donald Trump said U.S. officials were heading to Russia on Wednesday to discuss a U.S.-Ukraine agreement on a proposed 30-day pause in fighting and a pathway to peace talks. Trump said it was now up to Russia after Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire during more than eight hours of talks Tuesday with U.

Ukraine signaled that it is ready to accept a US proposal for an immediate 30-day cease-fire with Russia, Kyiv and Washington said in a joint statement Tuesday. It creates a new o