The Kremlin says that « a whole series of questions » remain to be settled to conclude a truce with Kyiv – Liberation

The Kremlin estimated this Monday, April 7 that « A whole series of questions » remained to be settled for Conclude a ceasefire agreement With Ukraine, when the talks initiated by Washington are struggling to succeed. Vladimir « Putin supports the idea of ​​a ceasefire but, before that, a whole series of questions remains unanswered », said spokesman for the Russian presidency Dmitri Peskov. According to Peskov, these concern in particular « The inability of the Kyiv regime to control several extremist groups » And « Subsequent militarization projects » from Ukraine.

After three years of a conflict that made tens of thousands of deaths, US President Donald Trump aims to end hostilities. For this, he broke the diplomatic isolation imposed on his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin by the Westerners after the start of the offensive in 2022. His administration put pressure for a rapid end of the conflict and for this organized indirect talks with Russian and Ukrainian officials, who have however resulted in any concrete breakthrough.

At the end of March, Donald Trump expressed some frustration in the face of the slow negotiations, saying to himself « very Pissed, furious «  Towards Vladimir Putin, After the latter mentioned the idea of ​​a « Transitional administration » In Ukraine, without its current president Volodymyr Zelensky. Under American pressure, Kyiv had accepted an unconditional cessation of the fighting, for 30 days, rejected for by Moscow since.

Russia has agreed to a moratorium on strikes against energy sites, much more limited, but the two belligerents accuse each other since raping it. These have ratified the principle of a truce in the Black Sea but the Kremlin then laid conditions, in particular the lifting of sanctions by the Western countries, which do not seem to be admissible in the short term.

On Friday, the head of American diplomacy Marco Rubio said that Donald Trump would not fall « Not in the trap of endless negotiations » About this conflict. « We will know fairly quickly, in a few weeks and not in a few months, if Russia is serious or not with regard to peace », he predicted.

This Monday, it was Emmanuel Macron who judged « Urgent that Russia ceases pretenses and dilatory tactics and accepts the ceasefire without condition » proposed by Trump. « It has been almost a month that Russia not only opposes an end of failing, but that it increases the bombing against civilians with still tragic losses a few days ago in Ukraine », said the French president during a visit to Cairo.

« We support the objective of putting an end to the war, objective pursued by President Trump, and we wish a solid and lasting peace that guarantees, you know, the security of Ukraine and that of all Europeans, added the French president. This is why it is now urgent that Russia ceases pretenses and dilatory tactics and accepts the unconditional ceasefire which was the proposal of President Trump, proposal approved by President Zelensky to Jeddah on March 11. ”

Ukraine must send « This week»A delegation in Washington to discuss The agreement discussed on strategic minerals To which the United States wants to obtain preferential access in exchange for the aid provided in Kyiv since the start of the Russian invasion, the Ukrainian government announced. The Ukrainian team will be responsible for « Advance negotiations » on this document « strategic » and will include representatives of « Ministries of Economy, Foreign Affairs, Justice and Finance », explained the Vice-Prime Ukrainian Minister Ioulia SvyryDenko on X.