Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated on Tuesday that progress in resolving the greater than three-year-old warfare with Russia trusted Russia taking step one of agreeing to an unconditional ceasefire.
In his nightly video deal with, Zelenskiy repeated that Ukraine insisted on Russia observing an unconditional ceasefire.
“They must take clear steps toward ending the war and we insist that an unconditional and complete ceasefire must be the first step,” Zelenskiy stated. “Russia must do this.”
He stated Ukraine was getting ready for extra talks with the United States geared toward pressuring Moscow to interact in talks. “We are selecting those pressure points in Russia that will most strongly encourage Moscow towards diplomacy,” he stated.
Zelenskiy on Monday criticised a suggestion by Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin to look at a three-day ceasefire from May 8-10 to coincide with commemorations of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany, saying there was no want to attend till May 8.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated earlier on Tuesday that Ukraine had not responded to Putin’s affords to start out direct peace talks, and that it was unclear whether or not it might be part of the three-day ceasefire.
Source: www.anews.com.tr