The Kremlin on Monday rejected a 60-day ceasefire idea proposed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to allow his country to hold presidential elections, saying it wanted an overall peace deal instead.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday that Russia wanted a long-term peace deal rather than a temporary ceasefire.
“In the Kremlin, both President Putin and officials at other levels have repeatedly stated that we do not want a ceasefire,” said Peskov. “We want long-term peace and are prepared to do everything possible to achieve it.”
Separately, Peskov said contacts were ongoing regarding a possible energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, announced by U.S. President Donald Trump. He declined to clarify whether the proposed arrangement would cover only oil refineries, saying further details would be provided in due course.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for new leadership in Ukraine reflected what he described as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s lack of political will to end the war.
In an interview with RIA Novosti, Peskov said Zelenskyy must take responsibility and make “difficult decisions” to resolve the Russia-Ukraine war.
“Trump said he believes the time has come for a new president. Why? Because the president of Ukraine must make very consequential and very difficult decisions to stop this war,” he said.
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he had not seen any signs in the last 48 hours of Russia respecting any form of Ukraine energy ceasefire deal.
A day earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump had made a surprise announcement of an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine that he said was “effective immediately” - though Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was still waiting to see details of the deal.
“We can only re-open the debate on the energy situation if there is a real ceasefire which is respected by both sides,” Macron told reporters at the Paris Autoshow.
“I have not noted, over the last 48 hours, any energy ceasefire coming from the Russian side,” Macron added.
EU foreign ministers have adopted nearly 1,600 new sanctions listings targeting Russia's military-industrial complex, the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced Monday.
In a statement, Kallas described the move as the “single largest expansion” of the EU's sanctions list since the war in Ukraine began in February 2022.
Russia attacked gas production facilities of Ukraine's state oil and gas company Naftogaz in Kharkiv region overnight, causing a fire, the company said on Monday.
“The attack damaged critical equipment. Our employees are doing everything possible to repair the damage as quickly as possible and prevent risks to the stable operation of the energy system,” Naftogaz acting CEO Sergii Fedorenko said on Telegram.
“There were Russian violations of the energy ceasefire announced by President Trump,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told a security conference in Warsaw via video link.
He said Ukraine was still waiting for details of the agreement between Washington and Moscow, adding that he had learned about the ceasefire through media reports.
“This energy ceasefire, it can work, and it can become a major step toward ending the war if the Americans truly step in now and make sure Russians respect it,” Zelenskyy said.
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