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 […]
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with additional details. Kyiv is proposing a 30-day ceasefire on long-range drone and missile strikes against civilian infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 20. Zelensky’s proposal falls on Easter Sunday, amid a so-called “Easter truce” initiated on April 19 by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Despite Putin’s promise […]
One month ago, Ukraine agreed to a full 30-day ceasefire in the U.S.-mediated talks in Jeddah, and Russia did not. Russia has soon intensified its attacks against Ukrainian civilian infrastructure. Russian attacks on Ukraine have killed over 160 civilians in March alone. According to the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission’s (HRMMU) recent report, civilian […]
Around 77% of Ukrainians view the proposed 30-day ceasefire positively, according to an Omnibus opinion poll conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology and published on March 25. In turn, 17% of Ukrainians expressed negative views toward the idea: 8% believe it would weaken Ukraine, 7% see it as a desperate move by the […]
A 30-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine may be finalized within “days,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on March 12. The temporary ceasefire agreement is contingent on whether Russia agrees to halt hostilities. Ukraine agreed to the U.S.’s proposal for a 30-day truce during talks in Jeddah on March 11, after which Washington […]
Editor’s note: The article was expanded with a statement from Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov for the Russian media. Russia is unlikely to agree to a temporary truce in Ukraine proposed by the U.S., feeling it has the upper hand on the battlefield and viewing the ceasefire as a trap, Reuters reported on March 12, citing […]