Fighting is currently centred around Russia’s Kursk region but Zelensky said Saturday his troops now face a potential new attack on Ukraine’s northeast Sumy region.
“This indicates an intention to attack our Sumy region,” he said. “We are aware of this, and will counter it.”
“The build-up of Russian forces indicates that Moscow intends to keep ignoring diplomacy. It is clear that Russia is prolonging the war.”
Ukrainian soldiers practice with the AT4 anti-tank launcher during firing training in Donetsk Oblast (Photo: Roman Chop/Global Images Ukraine via Getty)
Putin said on Thursday he supported in principle Trump’s proposal for a 30-day ceasefire, but would fight on until several crucial conditions were worked out. This would involve Ukraine abandoning its attempts to join Nato while also giving up control of regions seized by Russia during the three-year war.
Putin is “lying to everyone” about the situation on the ground in Ukraine and the difficulties of a proposed ceasefire, Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
Russia has accelerated a push to drive Ukrainian forces out of Kursk, where they seized about 100 settlements in a shock counter-offensive into Russian territory last August. But Putin has said Ukraine’s soldiers are now “surrounded” in the region after Kremlin troops retook a series of settlements.
Vladimir Putin, dressed in military uniform, visited a command post in Kursk, Russia on March 12 (Photo: Kremlin Press Office/Anadolu)Zelensky continued in his posts on social media: “Putin is also lying about how a ceasefire is supposedly too complicated. In reality, everything can be controlled, and we have discussed this with the Americans.
Zelensky called for “strong pressure” to be applied on Russia until terms are agreed.
The Prime Minister hosted a virtual meeting in the hope of marshalling more pressure on Putin to accept a ceasefire deal and to gather commitments to help secure any agreement – something Trump has made clear he expects Europe to take on.
Keir Starmer speaks with international leaders in a video conference at 10 Downing Street (Photo: Leon Neal/Pool via Reuters)Starmer said the “coalition of the willing” had reaffirmed its commitment both to helping Ukraine resist Russia’s invasion and to securing any ceasefire that emerges from Trump’s overtures to Russia.
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Jolted into action by Trump’s refusal to keep underwriting Europe’s and Ukraine’s security, other Western countries have been forced to step up.
“President Trump has offered Putin the way forward to a lasting peace. Now we must make this a reality.”
Britain and France both say they could send peacekeepers to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his country was also open to requests.
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