The visit takes place after Ukrainian officials agreed to a 30 -day ceasefire with Russia during a meeting with US representatives in Saudi Arabia earlier this week.
Following the meeting in Saudi Arabia, Ukraine’s president Volodyyr Zelenskyj that it is now up to the United States to convince Russia to accept the ceasefire, writes The Guardian.
At the same time, sources state for Reuters that Russia presented a list of requirements for entering into an agreement to pause the war against Ukraine. According to the information, the requirements must be similar to the requirements previously set from Russian, such as that Ukraine must not join NATO and that foreign troops must not be placed in the country.
Following the meeting in Saudi Arabia expressed US Foreign Minister Marco Rubio that “the ball lies with Russia”, and now threatens Donald Trump Being hard on Moscow if Russia does not agree on a ceasefire.
“We can do things that are very bad for Russia,” said US president.
These include further sanctions, something Trump thinks would be “devastating” for Russia.
– But I don’t want to, because I want to see peace, he says.