According to his words, Putin expressed his readiness for a temporary truce in Ukraine on the occasion of Victory Day, which Russia celebrates on May 9. Trump supported that initiative, claims the Russian official. The conversation, which lasted about an hour and a half, focused on the war in Ukraine, peace efforts and the current ceasefire between the US and Iran.
Although he rejected the full and unconditional truce proposed by Kiev, Putin repeatedly proposed temporary and limited truces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine claims Russia has repeatedly violated previous ceasefires, recording more than 400 violations during an alleged ceasefire declared for Orthodox Easter.
This year’s Moscow Victory Day parade should be held without tanks and other heavy military equipment for the first time since 1945. The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that the decision was related to the “current operational situation”.
At the moment, there is no planned conversation between Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, but that could change very quickly, a source close to the Office of the Ukrainian President told the Kyiv Independent.
Trump told Putin that an agreement to end the war between Russia and Ukraine is close, reports Ushakov. The Russian president, on the other hand, stated that Russian forces continue to advance in Ukraine and that they can achieve victory, although Moscow “prefers to achieve this through negotiations”, said Ushakov.
American peace efforts have largely stalled, as Moscow continues to push for territorial claims that Kiev rejects, while Trump’s attention has meanwhile turned to the Middle East.
(Vijesti.ba)
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