Will the Kremlin publicly respond to the reported U.S.-Ukraine air-truce proposal before Aug 14?

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded publicly on July 26, 2026 to reports that the United States and Ukraine were preparing a proposal for a partial ceasefire on air attacks, telling reporters, "We do not know how credible these reports are or where they come from. These are newspaper reports and nothing more," and calling it premature to comment further. His remarks followed reporting, including by Reuters, that U.S. and Ukrainian officials had discussed presenting Moscow with an air-truce plan as part of a renewed push to revive peace talks. Peskov added that Russia's eventual reaction would depend on how closely any formal proposal matched Russian interests, while noting Moscow still maintains channels of dialogue with U.S. negotiators. The statement, made well before the market's August 14 deadline, constitutes a public Kremlin response even though it stopped short of endorsing or rejecting the plan outright. The community was unanimous, with 100% predicting the Kremlin would respond, and the outcome matched that expectation.