President Trump: Russia to 30-day unconditional ceasefire or face sanctions

US President Donald Trump has demanded an unconditional 30-day ceasefire from Russia and Ukraine, threatening further sanctions if the demand is not met.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a phone call with Trump that he was "ready to implement a 30-day ceasefire right now."
On the 8th (local time), President Trump said on his social media account "Truth Social" that "the United States would ideally like to seek an unconditional ceasefire for 30 days," and added, "If the ceasefire
"If these measures are not respected, the United States and our allies will impose additional sanctions," he said. "Thousands of young soldiers are losing their lives every week and everyone should want this to end," he said.
"As president, I will work with European countries to ensure peace between Russia and Ukraine and do my best to achieve a lasting peace," he said, adding that "this ceasefire should ultimately lead to a peace agreement."
According to President Zelensky on Twitter (formerly Twitter), the two leaders had previously held a telephone conversation. Also on the same day at noon, the Ukrainian parliament announced that the two countries had signed a resolution on the 30th of last month.
The two countries ratified the Agreement on the Establishment of the Reconstruction Investment Fund, also known as the Minerals Agreement, which provides Ukraine with a partnership in exchange for the United States giving Ukraine priority in mineral investments.
Zelensky said that during his meeting with Trump, "we discussed the need for continued efforts to achieve peace and concrete steps to take."
"President Trump asked about the situation on the front lines," he said, revealing that he had given a brief explanation. "I told him that Ukraine is ready to enter into a 30-day ceasefire starting today," he added.
"We expect Russia to support this proposal and Ukraine is ready to participate in any form of dialogue. But for this to happen, Russia must show its willingness to end the war," he added.
"We must demonstrate our commitment to the peace process, and that must start with a complete and unconditional ceasefire," he said.
However, as ceasefire negotiations have been slow to come to fruition, the president has been gradually adopting a hardline stance toward Russia. At the end of last month, he threatened to impose sanctions on third countries that trade with Russia, a move known as "secondary sanctions."
He has referred to "secondary sanctions," and bipartisan members of the U.S. Congress are preparing legislation to impose tariffs on countries that buy Russian oil, gas, uranium and other products.
Kurt Volker, who served as an adviser to Ukraine during the Trump administration's first term and was the U.S. ambassador to NATO, told Reuters on the same day.
"The fact that the U.S. and Ukraine have really formed an alliance shows that Putin doesn't want to end the war," he said in a news conference. President Trump also said he was considering a mineral deal.
He added that he hopes to persuade Putin to end the war and cut military aid costs in Ukraine while reaping economic benefits from the deal.