“Zelensky Must Make a Decision Today.”

The Kremlin said a decision to withdraw Ukrainian forces from the territory of Donbas should have been taken immediately. Dmitry Peskov, the Russian president’s press secretary, told a briefing that the issue was not tied to any specific timeframe, including the two months under discussion.

“As for the two months, this is not about two months. Zelensky should make a decision today for Ukrainian troops to leave the territory of Donbas. And to leave—to withdraw beyond the administrative borders of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” he said.

Peskov said such a step by Kyiv could “stop the hot phase of this war.”