Former national security adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday that a ceasefire deal with Russia is not “in Ukraine’s interest,” but the war-torn country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, “had to agree” to the U.

It was after 21:00 on Tuesday night in Moscow when the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio outlined the Ukrainian and American proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia. By Wednesday afternoon, the Kremlin appeared to be still weighing its response to the proposals.