The 30-day truce plan is “nothing else than a temporary respite for the Ukrainian military, nothing more,” Ushakov, Putin's foreign policy aide, told Russia’s state television on Thursday.

He said that the Kremlin seeks “a long-term peaceful settlement,” which addresses Russia’s “legitimate interests and concerns.”

Putin’s aide made the comments a day after he spoke by phone to U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. He said he had conveyed Russia’s position to the U.S. advisor during that conversation, according to NBC News.

The ceasefire plan was laid out by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Ukrainian counterpart in Saudi Arabia this week, as the administration of President Donald Trump seeks an immediate cessation of hostilities between Kiev and Moscow.

Trump has sent his envoy to Russia for talks on the proposed ceasefire, while he has also threatened Moscow with sanctions.

Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff already landed in Moscow on Thursday, where he is due to meet President Putin in a closed format, according to Ushakov