{"id":296825,"date":"2025-05-03T16:46:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T16:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/03\/ukraine-rejects-russian-call-for-a-three-day-cease-fire\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T16:46:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T16:46:05","slug":"ukraine-rejects-russian-call-for-a-three-day-cease-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/03\/ukraine-rejects-russian-call-for-a-three-day-cease-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Rejects Russian Call for a Three-Day Cease-Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/05\/03\/multimedia\/03int-ukraine-talks-01-wpkc\/03int-ukraine-talks-01-wpkc-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ukraine Rejects Russian Call for a Three-Day Cease-Fire\" title=\"Ukraine Rejects Russian Call for a Three-Day Cease-Fire\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said Ukraine will not adhere to a three-day cease-fire proposed by Russia, saying such a short truce would not help in negotiations for a lasting peace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ukraine in March accepted a proposal from the Trump administration for a 30-day cease-fire, to be followed by talks on matters including the location of an armistice line, steps to safeguard a nuclear power plant occupied by the Russian army and deployment of a possible European peacekeeping force.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Saturday Mr. Zelensky told reporters in Kyiv that the Russian counteroffer of a three-day cease-fire covering the anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, an important political holiday in Russia, was merely a \u201ctheatrical show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He said Russia\u2019s offer was intended to \u201ccreate a soft atmosphere of an exit from isolation\u201d for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, and to assuage security worries of foreign leaders and dignitaries attending a Victory Day parade in Moscow on May 9. The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, has accepted an invitation to attend the parade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe are simply either at war, or Putin shows he is ready to stop shooting as a first step to ending the war,\u201d Mr. Zelensky said. Ukraine\u2019s offer of a 30-day truce remains on the table, he added, saying Ukraine would be willing to start that truce before the May 9 holiday if Russia accepted it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Kyiv has designed and manufactured a growing fleet of exploding long-range drones capable of striking Moscow, and has repeatedly targeted the Russian capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Zelensky said Saturday that Ukraine would offer no safety guarantees to guests at the Red Square parade on May 9, as Russia has carried on missile strikes on Ukraine despite visits by foreign leaders to Kyiv. Last week, Ukraine\u2019s military intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, aired a more direct threat, saying guests to the parade should \u201cbring earplugs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The spokeswoman for Russia\u2019s foreign ministry, Maria Zakharova, responded that Mr. Zelensky\u2019s comments were a \u201cdirect threat\u201d to Russia\u2019s celebration. The deputy head of Russia\u2019s security council, Dmitri A. Medvedev, threatened retaliation for any attacks during the anniversary ceremonies, writing in a post on Telegram that, \u201cin the event of a real provocation on Victory Day, nobody guarantees Kyiv will see May 10.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The rejection of Russia\u2019s offer comes as Mr. Zelensky has found himself on somewhat surer ground with the Trump administration in cease-fire talks, mending relations after a disastrous Oval Office shouting match in February. He has taken pains to point out that Ukraine accepted the administration\u2019s proposed cease-fire followed by substantive talks, while Russia has not.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Though its advances on the battlefield have slowed to a crawl amid staggering casualties, Russia is still seen as having momentum in the war and would lose leverage if fighting halted for any significant period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Trump last month expressed frustration with Russian foot-dragging in talks and bombardments of Ukrainian cities that have killed scores of civilians, posting on social media, \u201cVladimir STOP!\u201d after a missile strike in Kyiv killed 12 people and wounded dozens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In his comments on Saturday, Mr. Zelensky praised the change of tone in a meeting with Mr. Trump on the sidelines of the funeral of Pope Francis last month, calling it his \u201cbest conversation\u201d yet with the American leader.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As the two sat face-to-face on chairs in the Vatican, he said, he had broached a U.S. resumption of the provision of air defense weapons to Ukraine and suggested that America impose additional sanctions on Russia. \u201cI won\u2019t speak of the details, but what he told me sounded strong,\u201d Mr. Zelensky said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Thursday, the spokeswoman for the State Department, Tammy K. Bruce, said the United States would step back as a mediator in the talks, which have yielded only limited commitments to reduce airstrikes on energy infrastructure and an earlier, one-day cease-fire on Easter Sunday that both sides accused the other of violating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe certainly will remain committed to it and will help where we can,\u201d Ms. Bruce said of the search for peace. But, she said, \u201cwe are not going to fly around the world at the drop of a hat to mediate meetings.\u201d The negotiations, she said, would depend on Russia and Ukraine presenting \u201cconcrete ideas about how this conflict is going to end. It\u2019s going to be up to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Saturday, Mr. Zelensky suggested the United States would step back after a cease-fire was achieved. He said that \u201capparently, after an agreement on a cease-fire, some countries would like us to remain one-on-one with the Russians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In response to a question about the prospect of the Trump administration walking away from talks, Mr. Zelensky said he expected European nations to play a role. The Europeans, he said, will \u201cbe nearby.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/03\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-ceasefire-talks.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said Ukraine will not adhere to a three-day cease-fire proposed by Russia, saying such a short truce would not help in negotiations for a lasting peace. 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