Zelensky demands stricter sanctions on Russia, Putin says he is trying to extend the war
When Russian and US officials prepared to talk about the 30-day ceasefire proposal, Ukrainian President Voldy Mie Zelensky denounced the Russian president Vladimir Putin I want to extend the war.
“President Putin is afraid to tell President Trump directly that he wants to continue this war and continue killing Ukrainians.” Zelenskyy wrote In a post on X, “So in Moscow, they’re surrounded by the idea of a ceasefire, either it fails or is being dragged for as long as possible.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump, President Voldymir Zelensky (sputnik/alexei danichv/Pool byReuters/Leah Millis/Alina Smutko)
Trump “Hope” Putin agrees to a ceasefire as Moscow has not yet been ceasefire
After Ukraine agreed to a US ceasefire proposal earlier this week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio took responsibility for Russia and told reporters “Ball is currently in the (Russia) court.”
“As we’ve always said, the only stall, the only stall that isn’t constructive is Russia. They need this war. Putin has stole years of peace and continues this war every day,” added Zelenki.
Now Zelensky says that even more severe sanctions are needed to help Putin push Putin to make a deal and end the bloody Three Years’ War. The president’s Donald Trump He told reporters he wanted peace rather than sanctions, and admitted that the US could make financial moves “very bad for Russia.”
“In a financial sense, yeah, we were able to do something very bad for Russia. It’s devastating for Russia,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when he met with NATO executive director Mark Latte on Thursday. “But I don’t want to do that because I want to see peace.”
US President Donald Trump responded when he met with NATO Executive Director Mark Latte, with US Vice President J.D. V. V. D. Vance, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses, and US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz sitting next to him in the oval office of the White House in Washington, DC on March 13, 2025. (Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein)
Putin thanked Trump for the principle of ceasefire, but he doesn’t say yes.
On Thursday, Putin agreed to the US plan for a “principles” 30-day ceasefire, but indicated that Russia would not sign the contract in its current form. As long as Russia is committed to the plan, Ukraine agreed to the plan after consultations with US officials in Saudi Arabia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Rostelecom, the largest telecommunications provider in the Moscow Kremlin on June 7, 2023. (Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik/AFP via Gotty Images)
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“It would be a very unfortunate moment for the world,” Trump said Thursday if Russia came to the table and refused to agree to a ceasefire. The president has vowed through his campaign to end the Russian-Ukraine war, saying that the war that began with Russia’s 2021 invasion of Ukraine in 2020 had not started.