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Posted on March 13, 2025
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Zelenskiy accuses Putin of rejecting a ceasefire, fearing to tell Trump. Russia imposes conditions to delay peace talks, while the US is ready to verify the ceasefire.
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Russia's Vladimir Putin is preparing a rejection of a ceasefire proposal, but is scared to say this directly to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Zelenskiy, speaking in his evening address, said Russia is setting conditions on a ceasefire in order to delay it, or make it not happen at all.
"He is in fact preparing a rejection at present, because Putin is of course scared to tell President Trump that he wants to continue this war, that he wants to kill Ukrainians," Zelenskiy said.
"That's why in Moscow they are imposing upon the idea of a ceasefire these conditions, so that nothing happens at all, or so that it cannot happen for as long as possible."
Zelenskiy said Washington had expressed readiness to organise control and verification of the ceasefire.
"This is possible to ensure, with America's possibilities, and Europe's possibilities."
Zelenskiy said a ceasefire would give time "to prepare answers to all questions regarding long-term security and a real, reliable peace, and put on the table a plan to end the war."
(Reporting by Max Hunder; Editing by Leslie Adler and Cynthia Osterman)
The main topic is Zelenskiy's claim that Putin is rejecting a ceasefire proposal and is afraid to inform Trump.
Russia is setting conditions on the ceasefire to delay or prevent it from happening.
The US has expressed readiness to organize control and verification of the ceasefire.
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