Putin has less than 36 hours to make a decision. Western leaders challenged him to a 30-day ceasefire
The composition of weapons is asking Monday.
Kiev, BRATISLAVA. European leaders standing side by side of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Greeny on Saturday called on the Russian President Vladimir Putin to a 30-day ceasefire, which should apply from Monday. If he refuses, he can expect “massive” sanctions and increased aid Ukraine.
The request of the French president Emmanuel MacronGerman office Friedrich Merz. British Prime Minister Keira Starmer and the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk It also supports the White House. US President Donald Trump has been connected with European leaders by phone.
During a symbolic visit to Kiev, politicians added that the successful composition of weapons can « pave the way » for immediate negotiations on the construction of permanent peace. The announcement of European leaders gives Putin less than 36 hours to make a decision.
« Any attempt to lay conditions signals the intention to stretch war and undermine diplomacy, » he said Želenskyj.
In the article you can read:
- What the Kremlin prefers,
- Why Trump is frustrated,
- As warned by the USA of a green.
Frustrated Trump
Ukraine has been demanding an immediate 30-day ceasefire for several months, which is promoted by key allies Kiev, but also Trump.
Mask however, he refuses to commit to the 30-day ceremony, claiming that it basically supports the idea, but insists that it is necessary to solve something that calls « nuances ».
Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesman, in an interview for television Abc On Saturday he indicated that one of these Nuans is the stopping of Western weapons supplies to Ukraine, while Putin often mentions the need to resolve the « basic causes » of the dispute, including the expansion NATO toward the east.
The US President is according to CNN Frustrated from Putin’s destruction about the establishment of a ceasefire, while Russia threatened with other sanctions on the social network on Thursday.
Instead of a long -term ceasefire, the Kremlin promotes a unilateral short -term ceasefire policy that it has implemented in recent days due to the celebration of the Day of Victory in Russia.
A comment on the defeat of the Third Reich in Moscow 9. May the Chinese President Si Jin-Pching, the Brazilian President Luiz Inkánio Lula da Silva. But also the Prime Minister Robert Fico.
However, Ukraine also reported hundreds of Russian attacks along the front line during the ceasefire period, the daily warns the diary The Guardian. On Saturday, for example, local representatives from the Ukrainian Sumi region said that Russian shelling had killed three inhabitants in the last day and injured four more.
However, the bombing of towns and villages has not been recorded since Wednesday, but on Friday, on Friday, they warned Greeny’s news of a significant attack that can occur at any time of the next days.
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Great Russia
Four European leaders arrived in Kiev together, and their first public performance took place on the Independence Square, where they honored the memory of fallen Ukrainian soldiers. Subsequently, they moved to the Marian Palace, where they talked to Trump.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha published a photograph of Western leaders during a conversation on social networks, calling it « fertile ». However, the White House has not responded, it warns CNN.
It was the first time that the leaders of four European countries visited Ukraine together. « It is clear to us that bloodshed must end, » they said in a joint statement, saying that Putin must stop the Russian invasion in the Ukrainian territory.
In any case, the Kremlin has made the threat of « massive » sanctions and increased aid to Ukraine. Peskov claims that Russia is not easy to isolate because it occupies a large part of the globe. « However, this is not the main thing. The main thing is that Russia is actively developing relations with a large number of states that are interested in (mutual) cooperation. And it will continue. »
The Kremlin spokesman also charged with conflicting statements on Saturday. « In general, they have a confrontational character rather than an effort to revive our relationships. Nothing more, » he added.
However, NATO Secretary -General Mark Rutte said to the call of the « coalition of willing » with Western partners Kiev that the group continued to stand on the side of Ukraine.
