Ukraine War: Trump loses patience with Putin and Selenskyj

After the announcement of a ceasefire in the Ukraine War, the Kremlin speaks of a gesture of goodwill, Kiev of fraud. The reactions to the three -day fire break around the commemorative celebrations announced by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin for the 80th anniversary of the end of the World War I end from May 8th to 11th are cautious and skeptical.

The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj criticized Putin’s words as a pretense of dialogue readiness and willingness to peace. The fire break is “another attempt at manipulation,” said Selenskyj in his evening video address. “For some reason, everyone should wait until May 8th and only then set the fire”, so that Putin has its peace during the parade. Kiev’s priority is the protection of people, not that of parades, said Selenskyj.

He pointed out that in contrast to Russia, Ukraine had already agreed to the proposal of US President Donald Trump to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in early March. Russia, however, rejects all the suggestions that aimed at a long -term silence of weapons. In this context, Selenskyj accused the Kremlin to “manipulate the world and try to cheat the United States”.

Previously, his Foreign Minister Andrij Syl had already explained that if Russia was serious about peace, it should order an immediate attitude of fighting for a longer period of time. Ukraine is ready for a permanent peace, he emphasized.

Selenskyj also dealt with a Russian drone attack on the Tscherkassy region in his video message. According to him, the work to restore the gas supply of the population adopted.

Kiev and Moscow had agreed to set the attacks on energy systems for 30 days more than a month ago. The deadline has now expired. Both sides had accused each other several times the break in the agreement during the applicable moratorium.

The ceasefire, now on one side by Putin, applies from the day of the day of May 8th to the day of the day of May 11th. On May 9, the Russian day of victory, a large military parade will be held in Moscow. Numerous state guests are expected, including China’s head of state XI Jinping. “During this time, all fighting should rest,” said the Kremlin website. Russia assumes that the Ukrainian side will follow this example. Putin cited “humanitarian considerations” as the reason. His spokesman Dmitri Peskow declared the ceasefire a “gesture of good will”.

He did not go into the counter -proposal of Ukraine, but questioned in a television interview in the evening that Ukraine succeeded in complying with the ceasefire. Kyiv not have all the fighting units under his control, said Peskow.

Russia is also under pressure to show good will. Trump wants to reach a quick end of the war and recently accused Moscow of missing will to peace. His administration has threatened to clash as an intermediary if there is no rapid progress.

However, the White House was not very impressed by Putin’s proposal a few weeks after the non-sustainable Easter ceasefire. The spokeswoman for the White House, Karoline Leavitt, said that Trump was increasingly frustrated about the heads of both countries.

In response to the temporary fire break arranged by Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, she said Trump made it clear that he wanted to see a permanent ceasefire. He remains optimistic of a peace deal, but both heads of state would have to come to the negotiating table.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio also made it clear how big the dissatisfaction is in Washington on a phone call with his Russian colleague Sergei Lavrov. He had emphasized that the Ukraine War had to end now. The United States is serious about wanting to reach an end to this “senseless war”, the spokeswoman for the US State Department, Tammy Bruce, quoted the minister. The conversation took place on Sunday.

Rubio had said on Sunday with a view to the mediator role of the United States: “This week will be a very important week in which we have to decide whether we want to continue to participate in this project or whether it is time to concentrate on other topics that are just as important, if not more important.”

The executive Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius also puts little hope of the fire break announced by Putin. On the sidelines of a visit to the NATO headquarters, the SPD politician referred to Putin’s earlier announcements. “And we know the result: Despite ongoing conversations about an armistice, cities and civil infrastructure were targeted and increasingly attacked in order to frighten the civilian population in fear and horror,” said Pistorius in Brussels.

However, he very much hoped that there would be a real and reliable fire break. “However, there will not be a change in war events or a view of real peace,” he said.

Pistorius told the broadcaster RTL/NTV that he rely on the USA will continue to support Ukraine in its defense against Russia. “Because this is much more about the defense struggle of a sovereign country in Europe, it is about the security of Europe and thus also about a space that has always been of outstanding importance for the Americans since the Second World War and, in my opinion, must and will remain,” said the SPD politician.

Pistorius said that the US government of Ukraine could deny further military and financial support: “We will do everything we can to compensate for it, but before that we will advertise that the Americans stay on board.”