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.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Russia's Vladimir Putin is preparing a rejection of a ceasefire proposal, but is scared to say this directly to U.S. President Donald Trump.