Putin’s response has created an impediment to the implementation of the ceasefire proposal. 🇺🇦💙💛🇺🇦
#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . Russian President Vladimir Putin’s remarks about a 30-day ceasefire indicate that he is preparing a rejection of the U.S. proposal, President Volodymyr Zelensky said during his evening address on March 13.
“Putin is afraid to say directly to (U.S.) President (Donald) Trump that he wants to continue this war, that he wants to kill Ukrainians. That’s why they in Moscow demand such preconditions for a ceasefire that will make it impossible or will (postpone it) as long as possible,” Zelensky said.
Kyiv agreed to a temporary truce proposed by Washington during the talks in Jeddah on March 11, provided that Russia did as well. Days after, on March 13, Putin said he was ready to agree to the proposal but demands guarantees that Kyiv will not mobilize or train troops, nor receive military aid during it.
Zelensky described Putin’s response as “Russian manipulations.”
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