Ukraine agrees to the UN proposal for an Easter truce. Russia still supports the idea
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that Ukraine agreed to the Easter truce proposed by the UN. The idea of a four-day humanitarian pause from Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday (April 24) with the opening of a number of humanitarian corridors has not yet been supported by Russia.
“Ukraine has always been and is committed to resolving the conflict peacefully. We also reaffirmed our agreement to the proposal for a humanitarian truce,” the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The day before, Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, was skeptical about the prospects for an “Easter truce.” “Such things are decided in Moscow by the Ministry of Defense. Personally, I am a little skeptical because I know how it was in the past,” the diplomat said.
There was no other reaction from adult representatives at the time of publication of the note. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who spoke on April 20 at the joint council of the platform “Russia – the country said the opportunities,” in his reports touched on the events in Ukraine, but there was nothing about the UN proposal, as if it never existed. But Putin supported the idea of performing gymnastics at the school and raising the flag.