Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on Monday that he stood by a proposal made to Russia for a ceasefire contingent on Moscow halting all assaults on power infrastructure.
Zelenskyy stated in his nightly video deal with that the proposal had been conveyed to Moscow by means of the U.S. He additionally stated work was persevering with with U.S. negotiators on safety ensures, which he referred to as the important thing to lasting peace.
“If Russia is able to cease strikes on our power infrastructure, we might be prepared to reply in sort,” he stated. “This proposal has been conveyed to the Russian aspect by means of the Individuals.”
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Zelenskyy provided final week to look at a ceasefire beneath related situations for Easter – within the Orthodox religion dominant in each Russia and Ukraine Easter falls on this coming Sunday.
However following new Russian assaults, he then stated Russia had responded to the proposal by deploying Iranian-designed Shahed drones.
Moscow reacted coolly to Zelenskyy’s proposal final week, saying it favored an general peace deal as an alternative.
In his remarks on Monday, after an in a single day assault on the Black Sea port of Odesa killed three folks, Zelenskyy stated Russia appeared unwilling to conform to an Easter ceasefire.
“We now have repeatedly proposed to Russia a ceasefire at the least for Easter, a particular time of the yr,” he stated. “However for them, all occasions are the identical. Nothing is sacred.”
