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Thousand one hundred and sixty -fifth day. Zelensky rejected the idea of Russia to establish a truce on May 9. And recommended Putin's friends not to go to Moscow
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The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky rejected the Russian president’s proposal to establish a truce for the period from May 8 to 11 in connection with the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. According to Zelensky, the initiative of Vladimir Putin is “more theatrical production” than a serious proposal.
“To play in order to give a soft atmosphere of exit from Putin's isolation on May 9, and to everyone to be comfortable, safe - to those leaders, or to friends, or Putin’s partners who will come for one reason or another to Kremlin Square on May 9, - no one will help Putin. We are simply either in the war, or Putin shows that he is ready to stop fire, ”Zelensky said (a quote for Interfax-Ukraine ).
According to Zelensky, if Russia is really ready to talk about a real ceasefire, "then we must support the American strategy and go to a ceasefire for 30 days." “It's just that the question is that they kill you until the seventh, then the seventh make for themselves comfortable two or three days, and then on the 11th, they again attack us with missiles. I just do not see any proposal in this, ”Zelensky said.
The President of Ukraine noted that in Kyiv they are ready to start the cessation of fire from any date. “If he needs date 7 [May] - we don’t care. From the seventh - 30 days, ”said Zelensky. He added that it is impossible to achieve complete silence without high -quality monitoring.
The President of Ukraine said that some countries whose representatives are going to visit Moscow on May 9 are asking Kiev, "so that it is safe at that moment." “I think ... that we must say to the people who are addressing us to say:“ We do not recommend you to visit the Russian Federation from the point of view of [security]. And if you do this, do not ask us. This is your personal decision, ”Zelensky said during communication with journalists.
Our position is very simple in relation to all countries that rode or go on May 9: we cannot bear responsibility for what is happening on the territory of the Russian Federation. They provide you with safety and therefore we will not give you any guarantees. Because we do not know what Russia will do on these dates. She can make different steps for her part, steps: arson, and undermining, and so on. And then blame us.
Among the representatives of Russia, one of the first to the statement of Zelensky was reacted to the deputy head of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev. In insulting expressions, Medvedev said that no one is looking for security guarantees from Ukraine in Russia. “Just a verbal provocation. Not more than that, ”Medvedev wrote in a telegram channel. According to him, Ukraine "understands that in the event of a real provocation on Victory Day, no one guarantees that on May 10 in Kyiv."
The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that the purpose of the truce that Russia offers is to check Kyiv’s readiness to find ways of a sustainable world, writes TASS. Peskov added that "Kyiv’s statements by a truce show that neo -Nazism is the basis of the modern Kyiv regime." Now, according to the representative of the Kremlin, Russia will wait for unambiguous statements and actions from Kyiv aimed at de -escalation of the conflict on holidays.
Earlier, representatives of Ukraine, commenting on Putin's idea to establish a truce in connection with May 9, proposed immediately to cease the fighting. “We value people's lives, not parades,” Zelensky said on April 28. “That is why we believe that the world believes,” that there is no reason to wait on May 8. And the fire should not be stopped for several days, then to kill again. An immediate, complete and unconditional ceasefire - and at least 30 days, so that it is guaranteed and reliable - this is what can give the basis of real diplomacy. ”
Against this background, the President of Ukraine also stated that the Kremlin was “worried” correctly due to how calmly the parade on May 9 would be held in Moscow. “We choose exactly such pain points of Russia that will most encourage Moscow for diplomacy ... Now they are worried that they have a parade in question, and are worried correctly. But they must worry that this war continues. They must end the war, ”Zelensky said on April 29. In the Kremlin, in response to this, they reported that "the parade will be."
The military parade in Moscow on May 9 is expected to visit chapters 19 foreign states, including China, Slovakia, Serbia and Brazil.
War through the eyes of readers "Medusa"
Oleg (earlier Russia and Ukraine, now - the EU). In the first two years [wars], hatred of Russia and all Russians swept me. He hated even his relatives who remained in Russia. Time passed, and I am calmer for them, but there is not the slightest desire to speak or meet. They became like a zombie. They repeat all the words from the TV, and in their head there is not one of their own thoughts, not a single own word.
The first days, one of my distant relatives in hysteria shouted that he was a former pilot and was ready to go to war at least now. It was even funny to me, since he is disabled and hardly walks. Thank God that I will never see them again or hear them.
For me, this is a complete breakdown of relations with the country, which once was my homeland. I don’t know if I would once again talk with my relatives. They will never understand their friends, their mistakes and their fanaticism.