Yuri Ushakov, an aide of Russian President Vladimir Putin, rejected the 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine proposed by the US. He refused saying that a temporary ceasefire would give Ukraine a chance to reorganize.

He says that Russia is looking for a long-term peace agreement in Ukraine. "There is a normal exchange of ideas between Russia and America in a calm manner," he said. But Russian President Putin has not commented on this. Earlier, Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman of the Russian Presidential Office, Kremlin, responded that he was waiting for detailed information from the American side about the talks.

While America, Ukraine and other countries are waiting for a response, Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unexpected visit to the war-torn Kursk region on Wednesday. He visited Kursk for the first time after the invasion of Ukraine last August.

Putin said that Russia's campaign to expel the Ukrainian army from Kursk has entered the final stage, according to the Russian government news agency TASS. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Kursk region would soon be retaken from the Ukrainian army and declared independent.