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State Department spokesperson: president pushes for negotiated end to fighting; Ukraine ready to negotiate
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A State Department spokesperson said the president seeks a negotiated end to the war and that Ukrainian officials have expressed readiness to begin talks immediately; the spokesperson said they hope Russia will respond likewise.
A State Department spokesperson said the president wants the shooting and suffering to stop and believes the only way to end the war is through negotiation, and they said Ukrainian officials have expressed readiness to negotiate immediately.
The comment came during a departmental briefing in which the spokesperson framed diplomacy as the means to end hostilities and said U.S. officials hope Russia will respond positively to Kyiv's stated willingness.
"The president's been abundantly clear he wants the shooting to stop. He wants the warfare to stop. He wants the dying and the suffering to stop. And he believes, and rightfully so, that the only way to end this war is to negotiate an end to it. And we think that it's always easier to negotiate an end to the war when people aren't shooting at each other," the State Department spokesperson said.
"That's how the president believes. That's what we hope to achieve. The Ukrainians today have expressed their willingness and readiness to do so immediately. We hope the Russians answer to that will also be yes," the spokesperson added.
The briefing did not record a response from Russian officials or provide a timeline for talks. No formal U.S. actions, offers of mediation, or specific next steps were announced during the remarks.
