2025-03-14
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From the New York Times, it's the Headlines.
I'm Traci Mumford.
Today's Friday, March 14th.
Here's what we're covering.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken publicly for the first time
about a ceasefire proposal to stop the fighting in Ukraine.
Earlier this week,
the US said the ball was in Russia's court after the US
and Ukraine worked out a proposal for a 30 day pause.
Yesterday, Putin said, quote, the idea itself is the right one and we definitely support it.
But he added, there are questions that we need to discuss.
He then set down numerous conditions that seem likely to delay a truce
or make it impossible altogether.