TRUMP’S PEACE PUSH
Trump, who says he desires to be remembered as a peacemaker, has repeatedly warned of the escalation threat of the warfare, which his administration now casts as a proxy battle between the US and Russia, echoing Moscow’s stance.
Final month, after Ukraine accepted Trump’s proposal for a 30-day truce, Putin stated essential problems with verification had not been sorted out. Each Moscow and Kyiv have agreed to a moratorium on assaults on power targets and at sea, which every accuses the opposite of breaking.
Zelenskyy reiterated that Kyiv was prepared to increase the ceasefire for 30 days however stated that if Russia saved combating on Sunday, so would Ukraine.
“The Ukrainian military is appearing – and can proceed to behave – in a totally symmetrical method,” he wrote on X.
Ukrainian troopers additionally imagine the ceasefire claims to be false because the combating continues.
“Shelling continued – we are able to see it within the information – for instance, in Kherson. Additionally, assaults and shelling continued on the entrance line. There isn’t any indication of a ceasefire,” stated Dmytro, 24, from 93rd Kholodnyi Yar separate mechanised brigade.
“My opinion didn’t change concerning the ceasefire: it was introduced solely to indicate to the world as if they’re making some steps, concessions for us. However in actuality, as we are able to see on the entrance line, nothing has modified. I feel it’s blatant lie because it at all times was,” stated Serhii, 22, a soldier from the identical brigade.
