'If Russia truly wants peace, it must cease fire immediately' — Ukraine reacts to Putin's Victory Day truce

We value lives, not...: Zelenskyy calls for '30-day ceasefire' over Putin's offer

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy rejected Putin's proposed three-day ceasefire, demanding a 30-day halt instead to enable real diplomacy. Putin announced the ceasefire to mark Victory Day in May.

Ukraine's Zelenskiy: The world does not want to wait for May 8 for ceasefire

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that the world did not want to wait until May 8 for Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's announced ceasefire in the more than three-year-old war only to be in effect for a few days. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Ukraine calls for immediate and genuine ceasefire in response to Putin's Victory Day truce announcement

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has responded to Russian President Vladimir Putin's announcement of a ceasefire during the commemoration of Victory …

The Foreign Minister of Ukraine said that the country is ready for a lasting and comprehensive ceasefire and stresses that if Russia truly wants peace, it must accept a ceasefire.

'If Russia truly wants peace, it must cease fire immediately' — Ukraine reacts to Putin's Victory Day truce

"If Russia truly wants peace, it must cease fire immediately. Why wait until May 8th? If the fire can be ceased now and since any date for 30 days—so it is real, not just for a parade," Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote in a post on X.

People don’t want to wait until May 8 for Putin’s short-term ceasefire, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said tonight. “For some reason,… Zelensky: People don’t want to wait until May 8 for Putin’s short-term ceasefire - NAVY MERCHANT