Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to end the war in Ukraine, but the 30-day ceasefire proposed by the USA needs to be clarified, Aleksandr Lukashenko said in an interview with Olga Skabeyeva.

Speaking a day later alongside Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko — who brokered two failed processes to end Putin’s initial invasion of Ukraine a decade ago — the Russian president said any ceasefire would simply let Kyiv’s forces regroup just as Moscow is close to driving them out of Kursk.