Pho­to: A Ukrain­ian sol­dier walks past at a city hall in Sudzha, Kursk re­gion, Rus­sia, Fri­day, Aug. 16, 2024. This im­age was ap­proved by the Ukrain­ian De­fense Min­istry be­fore pub­li­ca­tion. (AP Pho­to, File)

Russ­ian Pres­i­dent Vladimir Putin said Thurs­day that he agrees in prin­ci­ple with a U.S. pro­pos­al for a 30-day cease­fire in Ukraine, but the terms need to be worked out, and he em­pha­sized that it should pave the way to last­ing peace.

“So the idea it­self is cor­rect, and we cer­tain­ly sup­port it,” Putin told a news con­fer­ence in Moscow. “But there are is­sues that we need to dis­cuss, and I think that we need to dis­cuss it with our Amer­i­can col­leagues and part­ners.”