Kiev, Ukraine (AP)-Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Monday, unilateral fire, for 72 hours next week in Ukraine to celebrate victory day in World War II, where the United States presses an agreement to end the 3-year-old war. Kyiv insisted on a longer and immediate truce.
The Kremlin said that the truce, which requested “human reasons”, will continue since the beginning of May 8, and during the end of May 10, Moscow’s defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945 – the largest secular holiday in Russia. This timing means that the truce will start at 2100 GMT, or 5 pm EST, on May 7, and will continue until 2100 GMT, or 5 pm on May 10.
Ukraine, who previously agreed to the proposal of US President Donald Trump to a 30 -day ceasefire, refused to take off the clothes.
“If Russia really wants peace, it must stop fire immediately,” said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andre Cipha, according to the ministry. He emphasized that KYIV is ready to “stop the permanent, reliable and complete shooting” for at least 30 days.
“Why do you wait on May 8? If we can stop shooting now from any date for 30 days-where it is real, and not only in a procession.”
The Kremlin urged Ukraine to follow.
“Russia believes that the Ukrainian side should follow this example,” warning that “in the event of violations of the ceasefire by the Ukrainian side, the Russian armed forces will provide sufficient and effective response.”
Putin previously announced a 30 -hour Easter stop, and Ukraine expressed its willingness to rearrange any real truce at that time, but said that the Russian attacks continued. Moscow, in turn, accused Ukraine of its failure to stop its attacks.
Russia and Ukraine also pledged 30 days earlier to monitor the energy infrastructure in which the Trump administration interfered, but they accused each other of tremendous violations until the end of the procedure.
The truce attempts confirmed the tremendous challenges to monitor any potential stopping of hostilities along the connection line, which is more than 1000 km (more than 600 miles).
Until now, Putin has refused to accept a complete, unconditional ceasefire, and linked it to the endowment in Western weapons supplies with the packing voltage in Ukraine and Ukraine.
The Kremlin again confirmed that “the Russian team again announces its willingness to peace talks without preconditions aimed at eliminating the radical causes of the Ukrainian crisis and constructive cooperation with international partners.”
Ukrainians in Kyiv mocked the move of Putin.
“There is no confidence in any of Putin’s proposals,” said Nazar Lutsinko, a lawyer. “We completely want the war to end with favorable conditions, on fair conditions,” he added.
A soldier with the 156th Brigade, who only knew himself in his first name, Kostiantyn, in line with the military bases, on the armistice as “ridiculous”, adding that “perhaps there will be such a harsh bombardment as is the case every evening here, but the fighting will be in one way or another.”
The student Oleksandra Serpilova looked at the announcement as “another attempt to keep America engaged, to give Trump the hope that there will be a possible kind of negotiations.”
Immediately before the announcement of the ceasefire, Ukraine and Russia targeted each other with long -term strikes.
Mayor Anatoli Bondrenko said that his attack in Russia drone early on Monday had damaged the infrastructure facility in Cherkasi, central Ukraine, disrupts gas supply for families in the city.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that its forces had brought down 119 Ukrainian drones overnight, most of which were on the border region of Brynsk in Russia. In Ukraine, the alarm sirens came out throughout the country on Monday morning. There were no immediate reports on losses or damage.
“It is crucial” it is very important.
The result of payment by the Trump administration to end the fighting quickly, which cost tens of thousands of lives, is still clear, cloudy through conflicting allegations and doubts about the extent that each side may be ready to settle in deep hostility and lack of confidence.
The watch depends on Washington’s participation in the efforts made to resolve the largest conflict in Europe since World War II.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that this week will be “very important.” “The United States needs” a decision on whether this is an endeavor that we want to continue to participate in, “he said at” Meet The Press “.
US military aid was decisive for Ukraine’s war effort, and other assistance could be in danger if the Trump administration is away from attempts to end the war.
Trump doubts about Putin’s intentions
Trump said during the weekend that he was housing doubts about Putin’s sincerity in following up an agreement, as Russian forces continued to hit the civilian areas in Ukraine with nomads and ballistic missiles during the talks.
But on Friday, Trump described an average settlement in the war as “near”.
Western European officials accused the Kremlin of withdrawing his feet in peace talks so that the largest forces in Russia, which have momentum in the battlefield, can seize more Ukrainian lands.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed the war in a phone call on Sunday with Rubio. They focused on “unifying pre -required requirements to start negotiations,” the statement said, without a situation.
Russia has already rejected an American proposal for an immediate and full stopping for 30 days in the fighting by imposing long -term conditions. Ukraine accepted this, says Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelinski.
A French diplomatic official said during the weekend that Trump, Zelinski and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to “follow up in the coming days, to work” to obtain a “strong endowment.”
The diplomat said that the armistice is “a pre -negotiating condition for peace that respects the interest of Ukraine and the Europeans.”
The official was not allowed to publicize publicly according to the French presidential policy.
Ukraine is unwilling to give up the ground
Meanwhile, Ukraine stumbled to hand over the lands to Russia for peace, which Washington indicated that it may be necessary.
Ukraine’s leverage point can be a deal with Washington that gives access to critical metal wealth in Ukraine.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Dennis Shmeisal said on Sunday that Ukraine and the United States have made progress in a metal agreement, as both sides agreed that the American aid provided so far to Kiev will not be taken into account according to the conditions of the deal.
“We have good progress,” he said, after talks with the US Treasury under the Secretary of Treasury Scott Beesen in Washington.
“The main thing is that we clearly defined our red lines: the agreement must be compatible with the constitution of Ukraine and European obligations, and it must be ratified by Parliament.”
Russia’s invasion of its neighbor in February 2022 has been widely developed an important international dimension, which complicated negotiations.
On Monday, Putin thanked North Korea for sending estimates of the United States with thousands of forces to help defeat Ukraine, in addition to providing artillery ammunition.
Iran has also helped in Russia in the war, with the Shahid of drones, and China has sold Russia machines and the micro -electrons that Moscow can use weapons, says Western officials.
The United States and Europe were the largest supporter of Kyiv.
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