Putin's suggestion of Ukraine ceasefire rejected by United States

Putin 's suggestion of a ceasefire in Ukraine rejected by United States , sources say.

Putin sent signals to Washington in 2023 in public and privately through intermediaries.

A US source denied there had been any official contact and said Washington would not engage in talks that did not involve Ukraine .

The failure of Putin 's approach ushers in a third year of the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War Two .

But equally Putin is also ready to fight on for as long as it takes - and Russia can fight for as long as it takes," the Russian source said. The Kremlin sees little point in further contacts with the United States on the issue, the Russian sources said, so the war would continue..