The Kremlin has revealed the reason for not establishing a temporary ceasefire with Ukraine amid intense hostilities.
Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman for the Russian President, said on March 21 that Moscow would not suspend its military operation in Ukraine while peace negotiations with Kiev were still underway.
"Nationalist groups (Ukraine) will take advantage of the pause in the military operation to regroup and resume attacks against the Russian army," Peskov explained. The Kremlin official said that Russian forces in Ukraine had witnessed this "many times".
Earlier, Moscow said that halting frontline fighting would allow civilians to evacuate the affected areas and humanitarian aid to be delivered to Ukrainian cities, which are suffering from heavy traffic. painting.
Moscow and Kiev repeatedly blame each other for alleged ceasefire violations in various parts of Ukraine. Russia believes that the Ukrainian government does not fully control its armed units, which are composed of extremist nationalists. According to Moscow, this force is determined to fight to the end and is ready to use civilians as human shields and sabotage efforts to prevent casualties.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the two countries still had to make significant progress in the negotiations to build the basis for a summit between President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.
"There has been no significant progress so far," Peskov said.
Peskov also reiterated his statement that, compared with Ukrainian negotiators, Russia is showing more willingness to work towards a common agreement.
Russia also called on countries to use its influence to force Ukraine to be more constructive in negotiations.
The President of Ukraine today called on European leaders to stop all trade with Russia to pressure Moscow to end its military campaign in Ukraine.
"Please don't fund Russian campaign tools. Don't transfer any Euros to Russia. Close all ports to Russia. Don't export goods to them. Deny energy sources. Push Russia to leave. Ukraine," Zelensky said today.
Sending a direct message to Germany, President Zelensky said: "You have that power. The whole of Europe has that power."
President Zelensky's statement comes as a number of European Union (EU) member states, including those in the Baltic region, have called for a ban on oil and gas imports from Russia. However, Germany opposes a complete ban on energy sources from Russia.
EU foreign ministers will meet on March 21 to discuss Ukraine and the possibility of further tightening sanctions on Russia.
The same day, the Kremlin warned that the move to ban imports of Russian oil could "harm all sides".
"Such a ban will have a very serious impact on the global energy market, negatively affecting the energy balance of Europe," warned the Kremlin spokesman.
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