Ukraine and leaders of France, Germany, Britain and Poland agreed on Saturday on an unconditional 30-day ceasefire with effect from Monday 12 May. Russia called on to agree with the ceasefire, otherwise he was threatened by new “massive” sanctions on the energy and banking sector. Leaders called. The coalitions of the helpful and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Genskyj announced it on Saturday after a meeting in Kiev, TASR writes according to The Guardian.
French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, met on Saturday with Zelensky in Kiev. They also had a joint telephone interview with US President Donald Trump before the announcement.
Starmer said at the subsequent joint press conference that leaders demand “unconditional ceasefire” and If Russian President Vladimir Putin does not agree with him, they will respond – along with the US – and strengthen sanctions and military assistance to Ukraine to get Russia again to the negotiating table.
Trump and his administration said that a 30-day ceasefire could be the first step on the way to a sustainable peace agreement, recalls The Guardian. Ukraine announced that there is a ready ceasefire to introduce, Russia, however, has so far refused to do so only if the West stops supplying Ukraine weapons.
On Saturday, the Kremlin accused European countries of opposing and confrontational statements against Russia. TASR reports this according to The Guardian. “We listen to many conflicting statements from Europe. In general, they are confrontational rather than aimed at trying to revive our relationships“said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov quoted by Russian agency Interfax.
