Ukraine Rejects Russian Call for a Three-Day Cease-Fire

NY Times ^ | May 3, 2025 | Andrew E. Kramer

[McGruff]

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that Ukraine will not adhere to a three-day cease-fire proposed by Russia, saying such a short truce would not help in negotiations for a lasting peace.

The Russian counteroffer of a three-day cease-fire covering the anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, an important political holiday in Russia, was merely a “theatrical show,” Mr. Zelensky told reporters in Kyiv.

Mr. Zelensky said Saturday that Russia’s offer was also intended to “create a soft atmosphere of an exit from isolation” for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, and to assuage security worries of foreign leaders and dignitaries attending a Victory Day parade in Moscow on May 9. The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, has accepted an invitation to attend the parade.

[McGruff]

Full article here:

https://archive.ph/B0jNo#selection-723.0-735.365

[kiryandil]

Let them eat War then...

[Beowulf9]

Sometimes I think the fastest way to get rid of that war is to get rid of both of those leaders.

[dfwgator]

Sadly, I don’t think getting rid of Putin will solve the problem.

[adorno]

Ukraine Rejects Russian Call for a Three-Day Cease-Fire

What?!?!?

Zelensky doesn't trust Putin?

Who woulda thunk it?

[adorno]

Sadly, I don’t think getting rid of Putin will solve the problem.

True.

You also have to get rid of the old-guard in the Kremlin left over from the Soviet Union days.

[Flavious_Maximus]

1) Neither side wants peace.
2) They want to kill each other.
3) Their thirst for blood has not been satiated.

Let them have at it, but without the USA taxpayer contributing to the deaths. Eventually, after millions are dead, Mother Russia will prevail but with a lot less males.

[MotorCityBuck]

Putin trusts your Momz on the weekends. LOL! Clown.

[Dogbert41]

Learn what you are talking about.

[smokingfrog]

Demand a 3 year ceasefire and negotiate from there. I really can’t conceive how the Russian people are not becoming more war-weary by now.

[Kazan]

So, Ukraine only wants temporary ceasefires that they can use to its advantage!

Shocking!

[adorno]

Learn what you are talking about.

I have, and I've posted a lot of what you need to learn.

Meanwhile, how can you justify posting a nonsense post like that one above? Try to make yourself useful and make an intelligent and cohesive argument. Nonsense is not it.

[adorno]

Putin trusts your Momz on the weekends. LOL! Clown.

FR should really make an effort to try to eliminate kids from joining the platform. Nobody below the age of 10 allowed, which would eliminate YOU.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Having not read the article in true FR tradition, a 3-day cease-fire seems like a fairly meaningless exercise. Cease-fire: excellent. 3-day cease-fire: stupid.

At what point does it become suspicious that neither side wants this war to end?

[MotorCityBuck]

Go tell Mommy.

[MotorCityBuck]

My Bad.
Your Momz will be home Monday morning to get you your Captain Crunch.LOL!

[MinorityRepublican]

1) Neither side wants peace.

2) They want to kill each other.

3) Their thirst for blood has not been satiated.

The Korean War had both sides realize that the war was a stalemate so they eventually decided to draw a line and that was that.

[Responsibility2nd]

Not this (bleep) again!

Russia keeps offering a cease fire. Zelensky keeps denying.

[adorno]

Go tell Mommy.

I don't know your mommy. Tell her yourself. She'll want to know what you have against me, so, be careful of she'll whip you.