Putin doesn't want anything to cover the large parade. ‘Expresses’

• Russia announced a three-day ceasefire at the Ukrainian front, which is due to apply from 8 to 11 May.

• Expert Marek Menkiszak of the Center for east Studies says it is only propaganda and attempts to replace a permanent ceasefire with insignificant gestures.

• U.S. president Donald Trump expresses frustration towards Putin and Zelenski, calling for a permanent end to the conflict.

• More crucial information can be found on Interii main page

Monday Vladimir Putin announced a three-day ceasefire on the front in Ukraine. According to Russian agency RIA Nowosti, “it will apply from the north from 7 to 8 May, to the north from 10 to 11 May‘.

This will be the second temporary ceasefire – the first in force in Easter.

War in Ukraine. Putin's hanging of a weapon is "pretences"

Such actions of Russia Marek Menkiszak from the Center for east Studies defines briefly: – Propaganda.

– crucial to the situation would be a permanent or at least long-term truce. Meanwhile, there is no specified one, it is an erac – he evaluates in conversation with Interia a political scientist and analyst.

– We are dealing with appearances, not actual actions – adds Menkiszak.

The ceasefire on the front. Actions to be carried out

The expert indicates that the experience so far shows that To a large extent, this truce is not respected.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski reported that during the Easter truce the enemy breached the ceasefire of almost 3,000. and has carried out 96 infantry storms on various front sections and 950 drone attacks. Russia, on the another hand, stated that at the time the Ukrainians violated the ceasefire 5,000 times And they did 100 hits with drones.

It is very applicable for Russia to choose the May deadline for a ceasefire. The Russians are very curious in not disturbing the Moscow parade.

In Mark Menkiszak's opinion it will be akin this time. – We can anticipate that despite the truce on the front will continue. There may be any restrictions on the activity – the Russian squad manager at the OsW claims.

Russia. Temporary truce and triumph Day

The halting of actions at the front coincides with 80th anniversary of russian Union victory and his allies in planet War II. 9 May in Moscow There will be a large parade to which Putin invited abroad leaders.

Participation triumph Day in Moscow announced among others the leader of China Xi Jinping, Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenkathe president of Serbia Aleksandar Vuscić and Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico.

– It is very applicable for Russia to choose the May deadline for a ceasefire," explains Marek Menkiszak. – The Russians are very curious in not disturbing the Moscow paradeThey invitation their political friends from different countries.

According to the expert It is in Russia's interest that the propaganda event in Moscow should be held without hindrance. "This is how they put force on the Ukrainian side to refrain from acting. For example, Ukraine's carrying out a major attack that could obscure or weaken the pronunciation of this event," he stresses.

Menkiszak believes that a temporary truce is nothing but an effort to replace a complete ceasefire “by tiny gestures to make a constructive approach to peace talks‘.

War in Ukraine. ‘Trump frustrated with Putin’

– US president Donald Trump She wants a permanent ceasefire to end Russia's war in Ukraine," said White home press secretary Karolina Leavittt after Kremlin announced a decision on a temporary truce.

As she told reporters, Trump is “an increasingly frustrated Russian president Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenski”. She added that "both should sit at the negotiating table to end the war."

Leavitt noted that Putin proposed a temporary ‘suspension of arms’ on Monday, but reiterated that U.S. president "clearly made it clear that he is seeking a permanent ceasefire".

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