Russia's Easter truce in Ukraine was a 'charm offensive' for Trump, France says

Putin wanted to avoid President Trump losing his patience and getting irritated, said Jean-Noel Barrot.

France accuses Russia of using Easter ceasefire as 'charm offensive' to appease Trump

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said the brief truce — announced by Putin on Saturday and swiftly denounced by Kyiv for being repeatedly violated — was merely a symbolic gesture meant to win favour with US President Donald Trump, according to a report

Russia's Easter truce was a stunt to appease Trump, French minister says

Russian President Vladimir Putin's so-called Easter truce was a "charm offensive" aimed at appeasing U.S. President Donald Trump, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told FranceInfo on April 22.The Trump administration has grown increasingly impatient with its stalled efforts to broker a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. The U.S. president has even said he would abandon the effort unless there is tangible progress, though he later voice…

Russia's Easter truce was a 'charm offensive' for Trump, France says

France's foreign minister said the ceasefire declared by Moscow was aimed at preventing US President Donald Trump from getting 'impatient and angry'.

Rarely has a bluff been so easy to call as Vladimir Putin's so-called Easter truce. Putin's sole purpose was to try to appease President Trump's after

Putin’s Easter pseudo-ceasefire was a publicity stunt to woo Trump, France says

Russia’s Ukraine move was “aimed at preventing President Trump from becoming impatient and angry,” French foreign minister says.