Vladimir Putin claims that he is open to direct peace discussions with Ukraine: Russia has “always a positive attitude towards an armistice”

Russian President Vladimir Putin, pressed by Washington to show availability to make peace in Ukraine, proposed on Monday the organization of bilateral discussions with Kiev, a premiere in years, and claims that he is open to several armistrations after the one who took place on Easter, reports Reuters.

The Russian leader announced the resumption of hostilities after the 30 hours of ceasing fire, which he had announced unilaterally on Saturday. The two camps accused each other of violating the armistice.

Washington said he would greet an extension of the armistice. The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, proposed a 30 -day armistice to protect civil targets.

In April, the Russian part rejected the proposal of US President Donald Trump to have set up a full 30 -day armistice, which the Ukrainian side had accepted.

Russia claims to be open to peace initiatives

In an interview for Russian state television, Vladimir Putin said that Moscow is open to any peace initiatives and that they are expecting the same thing from Kiev.

“We always have a positive attitude towards an armistice, which is why we came up with such an initiative, especially since we are talking about Easter Days,” Russia president.

Asked about the 30 -day armistice that his Ukrainian counterpart proposed on civil targets, Putin replied: “All these are careful, perhaps bilateral. We do not exclude this possibility.”

His spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, later confirmed that Vladimir Putin was referring to the possibility of direct discussions with Ukraine. It is unclear if the parties had such contacts after the failure recorded in the negotiations carried in the first months of the war.

“When the president said that the issue of non -attaches of civil targets, including bilateral, is possible, the president considered negotiations and discussions with the Ukrainian side,” Peskov said, according to the Interfax News Agency.

The Ukrainian army received orders to imitate the actions of the Russian army

Also on Monday, before the statements from Kremlin, Volodimir Zelenski said that the Ukrainian forces received the instruction to imitate the actions of the Russian army.

“The nature of Ukraine's actions will remain symmetrical: the armistice will be met with the armistice, and the Russian attacks will be met with ours in defense. Actions always speak louder than words,” wrote the Ukrainian president in an X post.

Donald Trump and US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said on Friday that Washington could completely withdraw from peace negotiations if Russia and Ukraine do not make additional progress within a few days. The president of the US came with a more optimistic shade on Sunday, when he said that “we hope” that the parties will reach an understanding “this week” (in the US, the calendar week begins on Sunday).

Russia has not renounced so far to any of its major requests, including Kiev's assignment of the Ukrainian territories that Vladimir Putin has declared annexed, but also to accept a permanent neutrality. Ukraine claims that this scenario would be equivalent to a capitulation and leave it in front of a new Russian attack.

Asked by reporters about Trump's statements about the possible perfect peace agreement, Dmitri Peskov replied: “I don't want to make any comment now, especially in relation to the time interval.”

“President Putin and the Russian side remain open to looking for a peaceful solution. We continue to collaborate with the American side and, of course, we hope that this work will work,” concluded the Kremlin spokesman.