Ukraine is “moderately optimistic” that Russia will agree to a ceasefire to end the war, Ukrainian Parliament member Kira Rudik said Wednesday on Newsmax.

“All the concessions that Ukraine may do, or not, will require first understanding of the security guarantees, because we are basically discussing our countries, our nation’s future, and how to assure that,” Rudik said on “National Report.”

“We will need to see those guarantees first. And this position has been very clear from the beginning. However, right now I can tell you personally, the 30 days of the ceasefire would mean that millions of Ukrainians will have an ability to go to bed in the evening, knowing that they will wake up in the morning and that there will be no attacks.

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