Vladimir Putin said he was It is being held at bilateral talks with Ukraine. – Previously I had requested a Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but it was replaced before it happened. on the other hand Kiev was prepared for discussion Stop attacks on civilian targets. The Ukrainian president said in his nightly video address: “Ukraine is at least maintaining its proposal not to attack civilian targets, and we look forward to a clear response from Moscow. We are ready for a conversation about how to achieve this.”
Speaking to television in the Russian province, Putin said, “We have always spoken about this as a positive attitude towards the peace initiative. We hope that representatives of the Kiev government will feel the same way.” Putin previously stipulated that elections must take place in Ukraine. He elects a new president to be his interlocutor. While elections are not permitted under the Ukrainian constitution, the country is inevitable under martial law.
Putin and Zelensky’s face pressure He threatened to leave peace efforts unless any progress was achieved from the Trump administration in the US. There have been no direct consultations between the two sides since the early weeks since Russia’s February 2022 invasion.
Luke Harding writes it from Kyiv Moscow appears to be intentionally stalling peace negotiationscontinuous battlefield acquisitions will strengthen their position and allow them to demand greater concessions at the negotiation table. At least three people died in Russia’s attack on Monday In the South Herson region of Ukraine, Putin declared an unofficial 30-hour Easter ceasefire Kiev said that Moscow’s troops repeatedly violated them. Zelenskyy said Russia launched numerous attacks using artillery and drones as well as infantry. The most active part of the Easter Frontline was near Pokrovsk city in the eastern Donetsk region, but enemy forces continued fighting operations in the Kursk region of Russia, where Ukrainian units held a small amount of territory. Russia claimed that Ukraine had broken the ceasefire.
a The Ukrainian delegation is scheduled for a meeting with the UK, France and the US in London on Wednesday. Zelenskyy said Monday: “We are ready to move forward as constructively as possible.” The talks were a follow-up to last week’s Paris conference, with the US and European states discussing ways to end the war, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly presenting Washington’s plan to end the war. Zelenskyy said London “has a major challenge: this must be the starting point to promote an unconditional ceasefire.”
The leak suggests that the Trump administration is now We call for a “peace agreement” that strongly supports Russia. It includes pauses to competition along the existing 1,000km frontline. The perception that Crimea belongs to Moscow. Refusal to Ukraine’s NATO membership. There are also unconfirmed reports that the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, which Russia seized in 2022, will become part of the “neutral” zone. Russia maintains its greatest demand, and Ukraine gives away all the lands that Putin claims to have annexed and accepted permanent neutrality. Ukraine says if Moscow attacks again, it will surrender and leave it vulnerable.
For Victor Orban’s incompromise and siding with Putin against the Ukrainian WarBrussels is considering its “nuclear” option Remove Hungary’s voting rights under the European Union TreatyWritten by Jennifer Rankin. Under Orban’s Prime Minister, Hungary has repeatedly sought to block EU sanctions on Russia, but ultimately retreated. It refused to release 6 billion euros to reimburse EU countries that provide military aid to Ukraine, and refused to sign a declaration in favour of its invaded neighbours. The elimination of voting rights from Hungary under Article 7 of the EU treaty would provide Orban’s calculations as he has faced his toughest political challenger for many years: Peter Magiar, whose Tissa Party leads Orban’s Fides, has voted next year.
A Russian journalist who faced up to 10 years in prison for criticizing the Army has been spared house arrest The police have been nominated for reports by the Russian national media. Ekaterina Barabash, 63, was arrested in February. She was an outspoken critic of Moscow’s Ukrainian war, writing on Facebook that Russia “bombed the country” and “destroyed the entire city to the ground.” Putin made criticising the army and “special military operations” against Ukraine illegal. Marina Obsian Nikova, a former Russian television journalistHe protested against the Ukrainian War during live broadcasts, but after fleeing Russia in 2022.
