Commenting on a cease-fire proposal reached by US and Ukrainian officials on Wednesday, an influential Russian lawmaker said that any agreement should be on Moscow's terms rather than Washington's. Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the Federal Council in the upper house of the Russian parliament, posted: “Russia is moving forward, so the situation will be different for Russia.” “Any agreement -- with a full understanding of the need for compromise -- should be on our terms, not on US terms. This is not a brag; it is an understanding that real agreements are still being written on the front lines. Washington should understand this too.”

Commenting on a cease-fire proposal reached by US and Ukrainian officials on Wednesday, an influential Russian lawmaker said that any agreement should be on Moscow's terms rather than Washington's. Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the Federal Council in the upper house of the Russian parliament, posted: “Russia is moving forward, so the situation will be different for Russia.” “Any agreement -- with a full understanding of the need for compromise -- should be on our terms, not on US terms. This is not a brag; it is an understanding that real agreements are still being written on the front lines. Washington should understand this too.”