{"id":285715,"date":"2025-04-19T17:28:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T17:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/19\/why-putin-has-suddenly-offered-an-easter-truce-in-ukraine-and-the-interesting-way-its-being-presented\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T17:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T17:28:07","slug":"why-putin-has-suddenly-offered-an-easter-truce-in-ukraine-and-the-interesting-way-its-being-presented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/19\/why-putin-has-suddenly-offered-an-easter-truce-in-ukraine-and-the-interesting-way-its-being-presented\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Putin has suddenly offered an ‘Easter truce’ in Ukraine – and the interesting way it’s being presented"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Well it is something, but it’s by no means everything – a ceasefire for 30 hours, not 30 days.<\/p>\n

This feels like a diplomatic dance, rather than a military, or moral, manoeuvre.<\/p>\n

An Easter truce – announced by Vladimir Putin on Saturday<\/a><\/strong> – is significant in the sense that, if it holds, it’ll be the first actual cessation of hostilities since the war began.<\/p>\n

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And it’s significant in the sense that it’s the first actual concession made by Moscow since Donald Trump<\/a><\/strong> initiated peace negotiations two months ago.<\/p>\n

But – and there’s always a “but” when it comes to the Kremlin – how much of a concession is it really? And how much difference will it make militarily?<\/p>\n

It’s nowhere near what the White House has been asking for, and it’s nowhere near what Ukraine has previously consented to.<\/p>\n

The American president’s first proposal was a full 30-day ceasefire. Kyiv agreed<\/strong><\/a> but Moscow didn’t, not without conditions.<\/p>\n

Then there was the attempted maritime truce<\/a><\/strong>. Again, Moscow’s agreement came with strings attached, in the form of sanctions relief, so it never got off the ground.<\/p>\n

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So why suddenly suggest a truce now?<\/p>\n

America had made no secret of its growing frustration at the lack of progress in peace negotiations.<\/p>\n

Trump threatened to “take a pass”<\/a><\/strong> on attempts to reach an agreement on Friday after his secretary of state said the US might “walk away”<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I don’t think that in itself would be a problem for Russia, given its military dominance. But I think it could be a problem if Trump blames Putin<\/a><\/strong> for the lack of progress, and then pulls the plug on their thaw in relations as well.<\/p>\n

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So this feels like Putin is giving Trump just enough to keep him on side, without actually making any major concession.<\/p>\n

And the way it’s being presented is interesting too – at Russia’s initiative, on humanitarian grounds, Ukraine must “follow our example”.<\/p>\n

He’s trying to cast himself as the peacemaker in the eyes of the US president – as the one who give solutions, not problems – which appears contrary to Trump’s opinion of Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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