The US State Department said on Sunday (20) that it would welcome the extent of a day ceasefire at Easter declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kremlin said earlier that there was no order for an extension.
Both Russia and Ukraine accused each other to violate the ceasefire. Putin announced the one-day truce in Ukraine until midnight on Sunday (20), Moscow time.
“We saw President Putin’s announcement of a temporary ceasefire due to Easter. We are still committed to reaching a complete and comprehensive ceasefire,” said a state department spokesman in an email statement on Sunday.
“By evaluating their seriousness in this case, we would like him to extend beyond Sunday.”
US President Donald Trump repeatedly warned of the risk of climbing the three -year war, triggered by the large -scale invasion of Russia to his neighbor, and said he wants to end the war. However, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that Washington will abandon efforts to negotiate a peace agreement unless there are clear signs of progress soon.
After the US and Ukraine arrived at a memorandum of understanding on Thursday (17), Trump said he expected to sign a mineral agreement with Kiev in a week. An attempt in February failed after the confrontation between Zelensky and Trump in the oval hall.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia pretended to do Easter’s ceasefire, but actually continued with hundreds of artillery attacks on Saturday night (19), with more attacks on Sunday (20). The Ministry of Defense of Russia stated that Ukraine violated the ceasefire, causing damage to infrastructure and the civilian population.
Putin said he wants Ukraine to abandon her ambitions in NATO, permanently give in to Russia the four regions that lost and limit the size of her army. Kiev states that these demands are equivalent to demanding their capitulation.
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