00:00Ukraine and European leaders have agreed to a 30-day unconditional ceasefire from Monday with the backing of Donald Trump.
00:08The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland are in Kiev for talks with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky
00:14and they held a joint phone call with the US President.
00:17In an announcement after the talks, they said that Russia would face new sanctions if it failed to comply with the truce.
00:24Our correspondent Stuart Smith has more from Kiev.
00:26Well, it's the first time really since US President Joe Biden left office that the European and US position is aligned with Kiev,
00:36leaving effectively just Russia to respond to this suggestion now of a ceasefire beginning on May 12th for 30 days.
00:44The British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, speaking here earlier in Kiev, said that if that isn't adhered to,
00:50if Russia doesn't agree, particularly with the unconditional part,
00:54then the United States and the UK have agreed to increase weapons supplies and other military supplies to Kiev.
01:01Here's the French President Emmanuel Macron outlining the details of this agreement earlier.
01:06There are no preconditions for the ceasefire, neither from the Ukrainians nor the Russians.
01:14It's intended to last 30 days on land, in the air and at sea,
01:18with surveillance ensured mainly by the United States of America and to which all Europeans who are ready will contribute.
01:25Now, Ukraine hopes that 30-day ceasefire would then pave the way for further long-term peace talks with Russia,
01:31something Moscow's said it's interested in, but Kiev is still sceptical that Russia really does want an end to this war.
01:38And also, the US Embassy here in Kiev is warning that there is a high likelihood of significant air attacks
01:46that may occur any time over the next several days.
01:50Stuart Smith in Kiev.
01:51Meanwhile, the Kremlin says that any potential ceasefire would need to include a halt to US and European arms supplies to Ukraine.
02:00Our correspondent Dasha Chernyshova reports from Moscow.
02:04The Kremlin is citing the dynamics on the ground, suggesting that they are in favour of the Russian armed forces
02:09and saying that any halt in the fighting would allow the Ukrainian side,
02:15which would still receive the weapons from the United States and the European Union,
02:19to have a respite, first of all, for the troops that are already fighting,
02:24and secondly, to conduct another mobilisation and train other forces that would continue the fighting
02:30after those 30 days are over.
02:32That's what the Kremlin is saying and cited as a reason for not taking this opportunity of a 30-day ceasefire.
02:39Moscow is also saying that Ukraine is trying to escape the negotiations
02:43and is not ready for the substantial talks on the Ukrainian settlement,
02:48while Moscow says the Russian side and President Vladimir Putin is doing everything possible,
02:54according to the Kremlin, to find a negotiated settlement.
02:57But having no diplomatic means at hand, Moscow says it continues its military operation by the military means.
03:04But at the same time, the hope in Moscow is that the US will try and make sure that its influence is sufficient
03:11to find the will on the Ukrainian side, as well as wisdom, to reach the negotiated settlement.
03:18And Dasha, there's already a three-day ceasefire in place.
03:21Is that holding? And what is Moscow's position on that?
03:24Well, Moscow has said that that three-day ceasefire that began on the 8th of May
03:30and will last till the midnight of May 10 is something that is needed to celebrate Victory Day,
03:37something that is so important for Moscow.
03:40We're also hearing that there have been numerous violations.
03:43Russian Ministry of Defence suggesting that Ukraine has violated this ceasefire that Moscow proposed
03:49and says it's observing more than 9,000 times.
03:52And Moscow also says there were four attempts by the Ukrainian armed forces
03:56to breach the Russian border in the Kursk and Belgrade region.
03:59Meanwhile, we understand that Moscow is responding in equal manner to all of those attacks.
04:04But also keep in mind that Moscow has suggested that this ceasefire will show Ukraine's readiness
04:09for those talks to continue.
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