Russia wants to prolong the war and put away peace
After the world's public eyes were on the world of the world yesterday Russia's response regarding the proposal About a 30-day fire break, now there are guesses about how to proceed when Russian president Vladimir Putin In the interruption of fire consent, but under certain conditions. Russia requires assurance that during the 30-day truce, Ukraine will not perform mobilization, will not train soldiers and receive weapons.
Ukrainian President Volodimir Green he responded yesterday to the words of a Russian leader. He marked them as predictable and manipulative. He accused Russia of wanting to prolong the war and delay peace. He said « Putin refuses to say no directly, AV practice prepares rejection, » his words summarize BBC.
« We have all heard Putin's very predictable, very manipulative words in response to the idea of a ceasefire, » said the green in his evening address. « As we have always said, the only one to delay is the only one that will be non -constructive – Russia, » he said Guardian.
Russia agrees with the proposal to interrupt the fire if it leads to long peace. Photo: Maxim Schemets/AFP
Green is convinced that Putin is afraid to tell US President Trump that he wants to continue war. He accused the Russian president of « setting such conditions of the ceasefire that this will not work out or. that the war will last for as long as possible. «
From the White House, Trump spoke about US negotiations with Russia and Ukraine, saying that they had discussed « many topics ». Trump hinted that the United States and Ukraine had talked about « parts of the territory that would remain or were lost, as well as all other elements of the final agreement. »
Trump said Ukraine also mentioned NATO membership in the talks. « We are discussing the concepts of territory because we do not want to waste time with a truce if it means nothing in practice, » Trump said. “So we presented what they can and cannot get. We will now see if Russia is ready to accept it. If not, this will be disappointing for the whole world. ”He also said he was ready to talk to Putin.
Kyiv should not procure weapons and strengthen armies during the fire. Photo: Alina Smutko/Reuters
Asked if he had any leverage to force Russia to accept the ceasefire, Trump said he had it but did not want to reveal details. He said before the Russian answer that he could take « financial measures that would be bad for Russia » if the ceasefire had not been reached. But he did not explain whether he was thinking of new sanctions or possibly customs.