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Is a ceasefire in Ukraine lastly on the desk? Here is what we all know – as combating grinds on

By Editorial Board Published August 7, 2025 7 Min Read
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Is a ceasefire in Ukraine lastly on the desk? Here is what we all know – as combating grinds on

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is “more inclined” in the direction of a ceasefire however particulars of any potential deal stay scarce – together with any concessions Kyiv or Moscow is perhaps requested to make.

President Donald Trump stated the assembly between his envoy Steve Witkoff and President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday delivered “great progress” however gave no specifics.

An settlement has been reached for a gathering between the US and Russian leaders within the coming days, in keeping with Russia.

It isn’t the primary time that negotiations over a doable pause to the combating have ramped up, however none have ever yielded a cessation of hostilities on the battlefield within the years for the reason that 2022 full-scale invasion.

President Trump famously vowed to finish the warfare in 24 hours after returning to the White Home, a promise he didn’t fulfil.

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What has been taking place on the battlefield?

Dialogue of a doable ceasefire – or negotiations in the direction of one – has elevated this week as we strategy Mr Trump’s deadline of August 8 for Russia to succeed in a peace cope with Ukraine or face extreme financial penalties.

The penalties may goal third nations that purchase Russian oil in a bid to weaken Moscow’s economic system.

In the meantime, on the battlefield, Russian forces have probably superior to the outskirts of Kupyansk in north-eastern Ukraine, in keeping with the Institute for the Research of Conflict thinktank.

The town was captured within the first wave of Russian advances in February 2022 however was liberated by Ukrainian forces in Kyiv’s beautiful counterattack later that yr.

Kremlin forces have continued to make sluggish battlefield positive aspects alongside the frontline at the price of heavy losses.

Final week, President Putin stated his troops had captured the city of Chasiv Yar after greater than a yr of fierce fight.

The claimed seize, which might be Russia’s most important seizure in lots of months, was denied by Ukraine.

A Russian soldier waves a Russian flag among ruined buildings in the town of Chasiv Yar. Pic: Russian Defence Ministry/AP

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A Russian soldier waves a Russian flag amongst ruined buildings within the city of Chasiv Yar. Pic: Russian Defence Ministry/AP

What has Ukraine stated about negotiations?

After the Witkoff-Putin assembly, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a name with Mr Trump, joined by European allies.

Talking on social media on Thursday, Mr Zelenskyy stated he hoped for “real progress on the path to peace and guaranteeing Ukraine’s independence under any circumstances”.

“The priorities are absolutely clear,” he stated. “The first is to stop the killings, and it is Russia that must agree to a ceasefire.

“The second is a format for leaders in order that the assembly can work for a really lasting peace. We in Ukraine have stated greater than as soon as that the seek for actual options can turn out to be really efficient exactly on the stage of leaders. We have to determine on the time for such a format, with a spread of points.

“The third is the long-term nature of security. This is possible together with the United States and Europe.”

A Ukrainian soldier prepares to fire a howitzer gun towards Russian army positions near Chasiv Yar. Pic: Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade/AP

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A Ukrainian soldier prepares to fireplace a howitzer gun in the direction of Russian military positions close to Chasiv Yar. Pic: Ukraine’s twenty fourth Mechanized Brigade/AP

Putin ‘taking part in an extended sport’

It stays to be seen if Mr Putin is critical about negotiations or is solely taking part in alongside to placate President Trump.

“I think he’s pretty certain in his own mind that time is on his side, that all he needs to do is to keep grinding on and wait for Ukraine, and the support for Ukraine, to buckle and to go away, and then he wins.”

“So [any agreement] may be something like a short-term ceasefire or an agreement to stop particular kinds of military action or so on.”

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What has beforehand been mentioned?

When a pause within the combating appeared like a prospect earlier this yr, the US stated each side ought to comply with a right away 30-day ceasefire, which may then be mutually prolonged.

Mr Zelenskyy stated again then that he was able to comply with a ceasefire, following a gathering between his officers and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Saudi Arabia.

The Ukrainian president added that the ceasefire proposal on the desk again then was “not only concerning rockets, drones, and bombs, not only in the Black Sea, but also along the entire front line”.

There was no point out of territory, which would be the largest impediment to a long-lasting peace settlement.

Russia claims a variety of areas of Ukraine, together with swathes of territory that its forces don’t occupy, and has demanded these be handed over. Ukraine has vowed to recapture all its territory, together with Crimea.

There’s additionally the matter of how any ceasefire or peace deal could be enforced, with Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron’s ‘coalition of the keen’ peacekeeping drive concept more likely to be mentioned as soon as once more.

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