Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton expressed ambivalence on Wednesday after the State Department announced Tuesday it had negotiated terms for a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine along with intelligence support from the United States.

“I don’t think, frankly, a ceasefire is in Ukraine’s interest,” Bolton told CNN.

“I think Zelenskyy had to agree to the ceasefire in Saudi Arabia because he needed to get U.S. military assistance, intelligence assistance, turned back on. He had to try and repair the damage from the debacle in the Oval Office. So, of course, he agreed to it, and he did get the military assistance turned back on.”

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