Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that he refused to “play” in the face of a short three -day truce proposed by his Russian counterpart.
Vladimir Putin, for his part, claims to want to test kyiv’s intentions in this way for a peace agreement.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he refused to “play” With the short trurs of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, one of which during the commemorations of the Second World War in Moscow, seeing too short deadlines for serious talks.
“It is impossible to agree on something in three, five or seven days. Let’s be honest. It is a theatrical performance on his part. In two or three days, it is impossible to find a plan to establish the next steps to finish the war. It does not seem serious”a dit M. Zelensky.
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Tensions around the Russian Commemorations of May 9
The leaders of around twenty countries must stand alongside Vladimir Putin on May 9 for the 80th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany, including Chinese presidents Xi Jinping and Brazilian Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, as well as those of its traditional allies such as Kazakhstan, Belarus, Cuba and Venezuela.
His Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, said kyiv could not guarantee “the security” of the leaders present. “We do not know what Russia will do on this date. It could take different measures, such as fires, explosions, and then accuse us,” he said. Remarks denounced by the spokesperson for Russian diplomacy, Maria Zakharova, according to whom he uttered a “direct threat” to “the physical security of the veterans who will come to the parades and celebrations of this sacred day”.
Zelensky refuses to “play” with Putin truces
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said Friday to refuse to “play” with the short trurs of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, one of which during the commemorations of the Second World War in Moscow, seeing too short deadlines for serious talks. The Kremlin, for its part, assured on Saturday that the ceasefire, proposed from May 8 to 10, would allow to “test” the arrangement of kyiv to peace.
Separate discussions between Moscow and kyiv, led by Washington, have been extended for more than two months and are struggling, for the time being, to achieve results to find an outcome to the conflict triggered in 2022.
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The Kremlin said on Saturday that the three -day truce offered by Moscow from May 8 to 10 aimed at “Test the arrangement” From kyiv to make peace, Ukraine declaring for his part that it was a cease-fire too short for serious negotiations.
“The objective of the Easter break proposed by Russia (in April, editor’s note), as well as the current initiative to declare a truce during the celebrations of May 8, 9 and 10, is to test the arrangement of kyiv to find a way for long -term lasting peace”said spokesperson for the Russian presidency Dmitri Peskov.
