US President Donald Trump’s hope that the May 9-11 ceasefire will be extended is not supported by the actual situation and is hindered by the Kiev regime’s inability to uphold it, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov told reporters.
"Yes, (Trump’s hope for an extension of the ceasefire) is unfounded," the diplomat said. "But he hopes for it, why not? And he is working toward it," he added.
"But this depends not only on him, but also on the other two parties," Ushakov concluded.
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Russia said on Saturday that the ceasefire in Ukraine was intended to last only three days, despite US President Donald Trump expressing hope that it could be extended.
ReplyDeleteKremlin aide Yury Ushakov said the agreement was not meant to continue beyond the announced timeframe.
Almost 9,000 ceasefire violations have been recorded in the special military operation zone during the declared truce, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
"A total of 8,970 ceasefire violations were recorded in the special military operation zone," the statement read.
During the ceasefire, the Ukrainian armed forces carried out 1,173 attacks on Russian troop positions using artillery, rocket launch systems, mortars and tanks, and 7,151 strikes using unmanned aerial vehicles, the ministry said.
The Russian and US administrations held telephone talks for two days before reaching agreements on a truce and prisoner exchange with Ukraine, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said on Saturday.
ReplyDelete"We held telephone talks on this issue for two days, representatives of the Russian and American administrations," Ushakov told reporters when asked how Moscow learned about US President Donald Trump's proposal for a truce and prisoner exchange with Ukraine.
Services of Russia and Ukraine are supposed to be actively working on the lists of prisoners of war for exchange as part of the agreements, Ushakov said.
Relevant agencies in Russia and Ukraine have been actively working throughout the day on lists of POWs, and a prisoner exchange could begin once the sides reach an agreement, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov told reporters.
ReplyDelete"As far as I know, the relevant agencies are supposed to be actively working on the lists today, and if they reach an agreement through their channels, the exchange will begin," the Kremlin representative said.
Ushakov added that some time would be needed to organize the exchange, but the process could move fairly quickly.