Russia on Monday rejected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s call for a 60-day complete ceasefire to enable Kyiv to hold elections.
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on reportedly said that Kyiv did not “deserve” a two-month ceasefire that could enable it to hold an election.
However, he added that Kyiv could hold elections if Russia agreed to a 60-day ceasefire. Zelensky said he had told Trump’s team, “Please tell Putin give us two months, 60 days of total ceasefire, 60 days, and we will organise elections.
Reacting to Trump, Zelensky said the decision on Ukraine’s leadership rested with its people. Earlier on Monday, Zelensky said that his country would respond if Russia did not agree to the “energy ceasefire” announced by US President Trump. Zelensky, in an interview with ABC News, had pitched the idea of the ceasefire after US President Donald Trump called for replacing the Ukrainian President.
Ukrainian President Zelensky told ABC News in a televised interview on Sunday, “First of all, with all respect to President Trump, it’s up to our society, up to our people to choose one or another leader. Before this, on Saturday, US President Trump criticised the Ukrainian leader over Ukraine’s strikes on Russian oil refineries, and called for Zelensky to be replaced.
