The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, accepted on Saturday the truce raised by his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for Orthodox Easter until midnight from Sunday to Monday, but the Ukrainian leader proposed to take her beyond April 20.
“If a complete truce is maintained, Ukraine proposes to expand it beyond Easter Day, on April 20,” Zelenski wrote in his social network account X, where he pointed out that “if Russia is now suddenly willing to really compromise in a format of total and unconditional silence, Ukraine will act accordingly.”
Zelenski was willing to have “silence in response to silence” on the battlefield and “defensive attacks in response to the attacks” after this Saturday Putin announced a high fire on the occasion of the Orthodox Easter that will run from 18.00 local time (15.00 GMT) this Saturday until midnight from Sunday to Monday.
However, he also showed a skeptical tone, since, according to him, “we must not trust the words from Moscow.”
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Zelenski accepts Putin’s truce, but proposes to expand it beyond April 20
“We know very well how Moscow manipulates and we are prepared for anything. The Ukrainian defense forces will act rationally, responding with the same currency. Each Russian attack will receive an adequate response,” Zelenski said.
The Ukrainian head of state said to be in contact with the military controls, which have been informed that in the front there is still enemy fire.
“For now, according to the reports of the commander in chief, the Russian assault operations continue in several sectors of the Russian Front and Firefire has not decreased,” said Zelenski.
The Ukrainian president planned to maintain a meeting this Saturday between 18.30 GMT and 19.00 GMT with his commander in chief, Oleksandr Sirski, to address the evolution of the fighting.
With EFE information.
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