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Ukrainian President Floodimir Zelensky has accused Vladimir Putin of trying to “stop the fire.
In a social media report, he called on the US to put more pressure on the Russian president, saying that only the “power of America” could end the war.
The Ukrainian leader said that Putin “does his best to diplomacy, establishing extremely difficult and unacceptable conditions from the beginning before the ceasefire.”
At his press conference on Thursday, Putin said he accepted the idea of ceasefire But qualified that with many questions about the details.
It raised the Kursk border region where Russian troops are located Repeating the territory occupied by Ukraine six months ago. He accused Ukrainian forces of “horrific crimes against civilians” – something Kiev denied – and asked if they should go free or surrender.
He asked if Ukraine would use the ceasefire for mobilization, retraining and returning his troops, not believing that his strength could do the same.
And Putin raised many questions about how to control the fire and conduct the police station in the east. “Who can determine who violated the potential ceasefire agreement at a distance of 2000 km and where exactly?” he asked. “Who will be responsible for the ceasefire violation?”
At a meeting with journalists on Friday, Zelensky addressed these issues directly, especially questions about the check. He said that Ukraine is more than capable of checking the ceasefire in the air and the sea. But he said that the front line will need to monitor the observation and exploration of US and European planes and satellites.
Ukraine believes that Putin’s details may be resolved. It is much more difficult to fight Putin’s objections. He said that any deal should “assume that this cessation should lead to long -term peace and eliminate the root cause of this crisis.” Under this, he means his objections against the expansion of NATO’s military alliance and the very existence of Ukraine as a sovereign independent state.
There is very little chance of being resolved in any direct ceasefire. Not that there was no meeting of the G7 foreign ministers in Canada, emphasized Ukraine’s territorial integrity “and its right to existence and its freedom, sovereignty and independence.”
That is why Zelensky said that “Russia is the only party that wants the war to continue and diplomacy to collapse.”
So what can happen now? Well the ball is in the court of America. President Trump could choose to increase pressure on Russia because Ukraine demands. It could impose more sanctions on Russia – and countries that buy their cheap oil and gas. He could also provide more military and intelligence support for Ukraine. Either the alternative Trump can offer Russia more concessions to get a line transaction, an opportunity that worries some here in Kiev. Most of the contacts between the United States and Russia were secretly compared to the most public diplomatic pressure, which was imposed on Ukraine.
That is why Zelensky urges Russia to delay tactics and urges the West to put more pressure on Putin. He can also gladly see Russia in the focus by being an example of US diplomatic efforts for more than a month, as Trump and Putin called his first phone call.
The essence is that Trump ruled the diplomatic bulldozer through numerous international issues after the inauguration, including the war in Ukraine.
But now he walked over to the Kremlin walls, and it could be harder to survive.
Trump wants a rapid end to fighting. Putin wants a “painstaking” discussion on details and principles. Two incompatible imperatives conducted by two stubborn leaders used to get. Who blinks first? The prospects for ceasefire are not sure that all American expressions are “cautious optimism”.
