Many seizures under Putin’s « Easter Weapons rest » according to Ukraine
« Russia ceases all military operations during the ceasefire and awaits Kiev’s response, » Russian President Vladimir Putin announced at a meeting with the General Chief Valerij Gerasimov on Easter Eve « based on humanitarian considerations ». Russian forces would have a ceasefire on his order between Saturday night and midnight the following day.
In despite this should Russian forces have nevertheless attacked with drones, fired hundreds of grenades and made 19 projections, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyj on telegram with reference to the Ukrainian military’s commander Oleksandr Srskyj. According to reports from the front lines, Ukraine has reached the shoot from both artillery and drones in, among others, Zaporizjzja, Donetsk, Luhansk and Dnipropetrovsk.
« In general, on Easter day morning, we can conclude that the Russian army is trying to create a general impression of ceasefire, but in some places they are still trying to make individual attempts to advance and cause losses in Ukraine, » Zeleskyj writes. From Ukrainian perspective, there was immediately distrust of Putin’s play and emphasized that the Kremlin still did not accept the US proposal for a 30 -day ceasefire.
Putin’s message about a ceasefire comes the day after the Trump administration signaled that patience is pushing with the warring parties. Political scientist and Eurasia expert Eric Ciaramella tells the BBC that he questions Putin’s motive.
– This is clearly a maneuver to keep President Trump in a good mood. If Putin was serious, he would accept a longer ceasefire, which the Ukrainians have already agreed, says Eric Ciaramella to the BBC who also quotes a Russian anonymous researcher who calls it « a theater for a single spectator: Donald Trump ».
The proposed ceasefire Coming after US officials in Paris this week, with Foreign Minister Marco Rubio at the forefront, continued conversation to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine. Rubio said the talks were « constructive », adding that the United States was prepared to give the negotiations if they did not produce results.
Previous attempts to introduce a ceasefire were made before Easter in April 2022 and the Orthodox Christmas in January 2023, but failed. Last month, Ukraine accepted the US administration’s proposal for a complete and unconditional 30-day ceasefire, but Putin has rejected it.
