No one officially proposed May 9 ceasefire to Ukraine – Zelenskyy
No one has contacted the Ukrainian side or proposed a ceasefire on May 9, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday.
"The Americans spoke with the Russians about what could happen on May 9: ceasefire or no ceasefire – no one has officially contacted us, no one has officially proposed anything," Zelenskyy told journalists on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Yerevan.
The president noted that "this is Russia’s war against Ukraine," so it is important for the Ukrainian side to know what the United States and Russia are agreeing on. The head of state added that declaring a ceasefire for one day while killing Ukrainians before that is, "to put it mildly, simply dishonest."
"Today Merefa, yesterday Dnipro, the dead, the wounded, adults, children… Sorry, after this, to say, for example, that missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian cities and communities should be stopped one day before the parade is not serious," Zelenskyy said.
"That is, to give them a holiday, and the morning after the 9th they [the Russians] will start killing us again. Therefore, we will see how everything goes," he said.
On May 29, U.S. President Donald Trump said he had held a phone call with Vladimir Putin, during which the possibility of a "small ceasefire" in Ukraine was discussed, while Kyiv plans to clarify the details of what was discussed during the conversation.
According to Trump, during the conversation he proposed discussing a possible ceasefire.
"I talked about Ukraine and a little bit about Iran. I talked about several different topics, mostly Ukraine. And we had a very good conversation. I think we will find a solution relatively quickly, I hope… I asked him about – even if it is a small ceasefire, so many people are being killed, it is so senseless," Trump said, answering journalists’ questions at the White House on Wednesday.
