R. Scott Pert<p>Russian President <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/VladimirPutin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VladimirPutin</span></a> on Thursday (March 14) for the first time reacted to USA’s proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>. </p><p>In his opening remarks, the Russian leader spoke at length about efforts made by global leaders to help bring the three-year-old war to an end. Putin mentioned US President <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a>, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping<br> <a href="https://www.firstpost.com/world/putins-words-of-gratitude-russian-leader-thanks-trump-modi-for-efforts-to-stop-ukraine-war-13871379.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">firstpost.com/world/putins-wor</span><span class="invisible">ds-of-gratitude-russian-leader-thanks-trump-modi-for-efforts-to-stop-ukraine-war-13871379.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/UkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UkraineWar</span></a></p>