OPINION - All eyes on Vladimir Putin for the Ukrainian ceasefire — and this is what he wants

The ball is now in Russia’s court for the proposed ceasefire to start in Ukraine next Tuesday, according to the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. This is the first major breakthrough in peace talks since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine over a thousand days ago – in which at least half a million Russians and Ukrainians have died, at least the same number seriously injured, and nearly 20 times the number displaced.