Russian President Vladimir Putin made a ceasefire proposal to Ukraine on Friday. The Kremlin is calling on Ukraine this Sunday, June 16, to “consider such a proposal.”
Advice or a threat? The Kremlin said this Sunday, June 16, that Ukraine should “reflect” on the peace proposal recently formulated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, arguing that the situation on the front “is getting worse” for the Ukrainian forces.
“The current dynamics of the situation on the front clearly shows us that it will continue to get worse for the Ukrainians,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
“It is likely that a politician who places the interests of the homeland above his own and those of his masters would consider such a proposal,” he said, referring to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Not an “ultimatum”, according to Russia
Vladimir Putin on Friday proposed a ceasefire and the opening of peace negotiations with Ukraine if it withdraws its troops from four regions that Moscow partially occupies and abandons its plan to join NATO. Ukraine, the United States and NATO immediately rejected these conditions.
Dmitri Peskov assured this Sunday that it was not an “ultimatum”, but “a peace initiative which takes into account the realities on the ground”.
These statements come as Volodymyr Zelensky promised to make peace proposals to Russia once they are validated by the international community, within the framework of a summit on Ukraine in Switzerland to which Russia did not participate. been invited.
