Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal for a three-day ceasefire is a significant step towards a peace settlement, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on May 5. “As you know, President Putin just announced a three-day ceasefire, which doesn’t sound like much, but it’s a lot, if you know where we started from,” Trump told reporters in […]
Key developments on May 3-4: Zelensky rejects Putin’s truce proposal as ‘theatrical,’ backs 30-day ceasefire plan from US US sanctions depend on whether Russia is ‘behaving’ on peace deal, Trump says US to send refurbished Patriot air defense system from Israel to Ukraine, NYT reports Ukrainian sea drones down 2 Russian Su-30 jets near Novorossiysk, […]
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on May 3 that Moscow is awaiting Kyiv’s “final” response to a three-day ceasefire from May 7–9 proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian state news agency TASS reported. Peskov claimed that Ukraine’s acceptance of the agreement would amount to “a test of Kyiv’s readiness for long-term peace.” Peskov’s comments […]
President Volodymyr Zelensky on April 28 slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Victory Day truce as “another attempt at manipulation” amid efforts to continue U.S.-led peace talks. “Now, yet again, another attempt at manipulation: for some reason, everyone is supposed to wait until May 8 before ceasing fire — just to provide Putin with silence for […]