“We are preparing for important foreign policy events – meetings, negotiations. The main thing is the ability of partners to influence Russia so that it goes to a complete ceasefire is to long -term silence, which will allow you to seek solutions to get out of the war. Now no one sees such readiness of Russia – on the contrary, all their internal rhetoric is more likely mobilization, and Russian propagandists continue to threaten not only Ukraine, but also to other neighbors – Lithuania, others. Baltic countries, ”Zelensky said.
The president emphasized that “Russia will continue to fight without pressure on Moscow.”
“Now, of course, the economic conditions in Russia are more unfavorable-due to oil prices: the price has become lower. But these are not such conditions that Russia feels the war as a fundamental problem for itself. Therefore, the sanctions of the world-sanctions against Russian energy, against banks-can definitely help the world. We know about this. We know that we have heard us. We are approaching actions,” he said.
According to Zelensky, they are preparing sanctions packages against subjects and schemes in third countries that help Russia bypass part of the sanctions.
“And we continue to strengthen our defense: we are already waiting for the weighty defense packages for Ukraine and the decision on further cooperation – cooperation during the war with key countries and in the post -war period. We are preparing serious foundations for restoration,” he stressed.
The President said that Ukraine is ready to “at least from today” to go for the ceasefire, “if Russia is ready for mirror steps – for complete silence, for long silence for at least 30 days.”
“This is an honest time when you can prepare the following steps. Russia must stop the war and stop assaults, stop shelling,” Zelensky believes.
He drew attention to the fact that now the intensity of Russian strikes does not indicate anything else, except for the desire of Russia and continue to fight.
“Every night – about a hundred Shaheda. In this week alone, from Monday to Saturday, more than 950 Russian air bombs. Intensive battles in the Pokrovsky direction, in other Donetsk directions. We are responsible throughout the front, as well as in the territory of the Kursk and Belgorod regions where our activity is maintained,” the president said.
Context
On March 11, negotiations between Ukraine and the United States were held in Dzhidd (Saudi Arabia). Washington proposed immediately introducing a 30-day ceasefire In Ukraine, Kyiv agreed. The assistant to the illegitimate president of the aggressor country of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin Yuri Ushakov said that Moscow did not want a ceasefire for 30 days. He called the initiative “nothing more than a temporary respite for the Ukrainian military,” Russia allegedly strives for “long -term peaceful settlement.”
On April 24, US President Donald Trump said that the United States is strongly pressed on the Russian Federation to achieve peace in Ukraine. On the same day, the American president expressed confidence that Putin would stop impacts missile strikes on his request.
Before that, Trump in a report on the social network Truth Social criticized Putin for a massive Russian attack on Kyiv and called him to stop.
On April 25, The Wall Street Journal wrote that after pressure on Ukraine regarding the peace agreement between Kiev and Moscow, Trump finally saw an obstacle in Russia, but had not yet shown special readiness to make the Kremlin make concessions.
On April 28, Putin announced a “truce” with Ukraine and a stop of military operations from 0.00 on May 8 to 0.00 on May 11. The Kremlin’s website notes that the head of the Kremlin was supposedly guided by “humanitarian considerations”. They believe that Ukraine should “follow this example”, otherwise threatened with an “effective answer.”
Foreign Minister Andrei Sibiga reacted to Putin's statement about the declaration of a ceasefire. “If Russia really wants peace, it must immediately cease the fire. Why wait until May 8? If the fire can be stopped now and from any date for 30 days, then this is real, and not just for the parade,” he wrote in Kh.
On the same day, the speaker of the White House Caroline Livitt said that Trump wants to see a constant ceasefire in the Russian war against Ukraine.
