Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed the idea of a “short-term ceasefire” with the Ukrainian government on Friday Russia , and argued that she would only make things worse. “Russia is now looking for a brief ceasefire, a respite to regain strength. This could be seen as the end of the war, but such a respite will only aggravate the situation,” the Ukrainian leader said in a remark broadcast at the forum. International Security Conference in Halifax, Canada. “A truly real, lasting and honest peace can only come through the complete destruction of Russian aggression,” he added.
The White House earlier on Friday reiterated that only Volodymyr Zelenskyy would be able to authorize the start of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, dismissing any notion of American pressure on Kyiv in that direction. US Chief of Staff General Mark Milley has twice recently said that Ukraine’s battlefield victories could present an opportunity to begin talks on a political settlement to the conflict. However, he noted on Wednesday that it was unlikely, at least in the short term, that Ukraine could militarily expel Russia from all of the country’s occupied territories, including Crimea.
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