the empire, the trump, is not, living in the same world as the russians as the empire continues to insist that russia act as the empire demands while ignoring the conditions the russians set out that must be met before any 'progress' can be made in the empire's wish to end the war they began; 

The Kremlin has complained that progress toward achieving Ukraine war ceasefire talks with the United States has been stalled as it awaits answers to key questions issued to the Trump administration.

President Vladimir Putin still supports the idea of a ceasefire, a new Monday Kremlin statement said, but Russia has yet to be given answers which could bring progress to talks. Moscow has called these "crucial conditions" which must be me before any future ceasefire can take effect.

"President Putin does support the idea of the need for a ceasefire, but before that a number of questions must be answered," Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

"These questions are still hanging in the air; so far no one has given an answer to them," he emphasized.

For example, Putin has said there would have to be some kind of agreed-upon verification mechanism to ensure Ukraine's military doesn't rearm during any truce period.

But the Kremlin has also said it is dubious this could ever actually be achieved in reality due to the significant numbers of "extremist and nationalist units" within the Ukrainian military's ranks.

Putin had starting in mid-March conveyed a list of conditions in response to a proposed 30-day US-backed ceasefire, via state media translation:........more..........