Despite contacts between intermediaries, the United States rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine aimed at freezing the ongoing conflict, according to three Russian sources familiar with the discussions who spoke to Reuters. This refusal marks the beginning of a third year of the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War Two and highlights the considerable gulf that still exists between the world's two largest nuclear powers. br br #UkraineWar #Putin #Ceasefire #USRejection #MediatorsMeeting #Geopolitics #ConflictResolution #InternationalRelations #PeaceEfforts #DiplomacyFail #GlobalSecurity #UkraineCrisis #WarUpdate #PoliticalTensions #USRussiaRelations #ForeignPolicy #MilitaryConflict #Negotiations #WorldAffairs #CurrentEventsbr ~PR.152~ED.