The Russian statement announcing an immediate truce for Easter came a few hours after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his boss, President Donald Trump, said they would need in the coming days of an urgent sign that Kremlin was taking peace seriously.
For Russian advocates, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement on Saturday seemed to be a nod to Trump – but the sudden statement is full of practical failures even before leaving the paper, which will probably be used by Putin to support his false notion that Kiev doesn’t want war to stop.
It will be a logistical nightmare for the forces of Ukraine to stop fighting suddenly by Putin’s order.
Some positions on the front line may be in the midst of fierce clashes when this order comes, and a cessation of this nature probably requires days of preparation and readiness.
Disinformation will certainly confuse troops about the implementation of the truce, such as reporting or responding to violations and even what to do when it is over.
This moment may prove to be a rare sign that both sides can stop violence for a short time.
But it is significantly likely that both use violations and confusion to show that the opponent is not reliable.
Until Saturday night (19), local time, Ukrainian officials reported that Russian attacks were still in the front line areas.
The current 30 -day truce limited to energy infrastructure was born in conditions of complete chaos.
The White House announced that “energy and infrastructure” were covered, Kremlin said he immediately interrupted attacks on “energy infrastructure,” and Ukraine stated that the truce began a week after Russia said.
However, execution has also been involved in distrust and accusations of violations.
Moscow made a similar unilateral statement in January 2023, calling a day of peace to allow Orthodox Christians to celebrate Christmas – a measure that Kiev and Western leaders discarded at the time as a strategic pause for military purposes.
A genuine truce requires negotiation with your opponent and preparations for her to be established.
The sudden hurry of this seems to be entirely projected to appease the demands of the White House by some sign that Russia is willing to stop fighting.
It will probably feed Trump’s sometimes we have pro-mosters on the conflict.
It can also cause complexities to Ukraine when they are inevitably accused of violating what Washington can consider a gesture of goodwill in Moscow.
Ultimately, this brief, probably theoretical, probably rhetorical and entirely unilateral stopped in a three-year war, should do more damage to the role of diplomacy in the coming months than supporting it.
This content was originally published under analysis: what is behind the announcement of Russia’s temporary ceasefire on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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