President Vladimir Putin agrees with the idea of Ukrainian ceasefire, but “questions” remain about the essence of the ceasefire.
Russian President responded 30 -day armistice planUkraine is Ukraine earlier this week after a conversation with the United States.
President Volodymyr Zelensky President Ukraine explained Putin’s response to this plan as “manipulated” and demanded more sanctions against Russia.
Meanwhile, the United States has further sanctioned Russian oil, gas and banking sectors.
Russian officials predicted that President Putin would fly to Moscow that day with Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump.
I’m not sure if the meeting actually happened. On Friday, the Russian state -run media cited the aerospace monitor Flightradar and believed that the plane carried Witkoff.
Moscow and Washington did not mention this problem.
Thursday and over the night, Russia and Ukraine reported a new enemy drone attack.
Ukraine said seven people, including children, were injured in the northeastern city of Karcia.
Russia reported a big fire in the petroleum facility of Tuapse, southern city.
Putin spoke at a press conference in Moscow on Thursday and talked about the ceasefire proposal.
Putin said, “The ceasefire leads to persistent peace and removes the root cause of this crisis.”
“We must negotiate with our colleagues and partners,” he said. “Maybe you have called Donald Trump.”
Putin added: “Ukrainians should be able to achieve a 30 -day truce.
“We prefer it, but there is a nuance.”
Putin said that one of Russia’s western Koursk regions was the place where Ukraine began military invasion in August and occupied some territory.
He claimed that Russia was completely controlled by the custom, and the Ukrainian army said it was “isolated.”
Putin said, “They are trying to leave, but we are controlled. Their equipment has been abandoned. ”
“Customs have two options for Ukrainians -surrender or death.”
Ukraine’s chief commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said, despite the Russian’s “increased pressure,” the Ukrainian army would have a defensive position in the Kursk area.
At a press conference on Thursday, Putin explained some of his questions about how the armistice works. He asked: “How will 30 days be used, can Ukraine mobilize mobilization? Do you train people or anything?
“Who will order to finish the fight? What kind of cost? Who decides the person who broke over 2,000 km of truce? All that question requires meticulous work on both sides. Who is the police?”
Putin said, “I don’t speak directly,” Zelen Ski said at the night video address, “I’m actually preparing for rejection.”
“Putin, of course, he wants to continue this war to President Trump and wants to kill the Ukrainians.”
Zelensky said Russian leaders would “not solve it at all.”
After Putin’s remarks and the reaction of Zelen Ski, there is now a clear division between the positions of both sides.
Ukraine wants a second phase. Talk about fast truce and long -term agreements.
Russia thinks that the two processes cannot be separated, and all problems must be determined in a single transaction. Both sides seem to be satisfied with the controversy over their differences.
Ukraine believes that it can put pressure on Russia, and you are a peaceful performer. Similarly, Russia believes that there is an opportunity to raise NATO expansion and Ukrainian sovereignty.
But this presents a problem with Donald Trump. He made it clear that he wanted to have a quick result in a few days.
And now Putin doesn’t seem to want to play the ball.
Getty imageTrump spoke at the White House, according to President Putin’s remarks, saying he would “love” to meet Russian leaders and hope to agree with the 30 -day truce.
“We want to see truce in Russia,” he said.
Trump told reporters in a meeting with NATO Secretary -General and Secretary -General Mark Rutte, to reporters that he had already discussed specific contents with Ukraine.
Trump said, “We are discussing with all the elements of Ukrainian land and maintenance and the lost land and the final contract.”
“Many details of the final contract have been discussed.”
Trump said, “Everyone knows what the answer is,” he said.
As the Trump administration further restricts access to the US payment system, new sanctions against Russian oil and gas have become more difficult for other countries to buy Russian oil.
Early that day, Kremlin Aide Yuri Ushakov The US ceasefire proposal.
Wednesday, Kremlin released a video that Putin visited the Russian Custard. Russia later said that it recaptured major cities, Sudzha.
Russia began to invade in February 2022 and currently controls about 20%of Ukrainian territory.
95,000 or more We are fighting for the Russian army So far, according to the data confirmed by the BBC, he died in war. I think the actual number of deaths is much higher.
The Russian army said that 5,937 soldiers have died since September 2022.
In December 2024, Ukraine updated the casualties when Zelensky admitted 43,000 Ukrainian deaths among soldiers and officers. Western analysts think that this figure has been underestimated.
