In Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the question of a ceasefire keeps coming up. The warring parties have an opinion on this, and Kremlin chief Putin is now explaining his position.
Following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin also rejected a possible ceasefire in the Ukraine war without preconditions. Ukraine could use a ceasefire to prepare for new attacks, so a sustainable solution to the conflict must first be negotiated, Putin said. The Russian president referred to earlier agreements on the Ukraine conflict from the time before the Russian invasion, which ultimately ended up “in the trash can.”
The agreements mentioned by Putin referred to several ceasefires that were in place between the Moscow-backed rebels in the areas of eastern Ukraine they control and Ukrainian troops. “That is why we cannot now simply declare a ceasefire in the hope that the other side will take some positive steps,” Putin stressed at the end of the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which was founded to deal with security issues, in the Kazakh capital of Astana.
“We cannot allow the enemy to use this ceasefire to improve its situation, arm itself, replenish its army through forced mobilization and be ready to continue the armed conflict,” Putin said. Russia has made several proposals to resolve the conflict.
Zelensky had previously rejected a ceasefire, as recently proposed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Ukraine is not prepared to negotiate under the current circumstances, but is demanding a complete withdrawal by Russia from all occupied territories, including Crimea, as a prerequisite for peace.
An offer by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Astana to mediate between Moscow and Kiev was rejected by the Kremlin. At the meeting in Kazakhstan, Putin stressed that Russia was ready for peace talks in its war of aggression against Ukraine. However, mediators alone could not solve the problem. He claimed that Russia had always advocated a political and diplomatic solution to the conflict.
Source: Stern
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