Zelenskyy explained why he does not believe in the implementation of Macron's initiative on the "Olympic truce"
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy
President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said he does not believe it is possible to implement French President Emmanuel Macron's idea of a complete ceasefire in Ukraine for the duration of the Olympic Games, because russia will not keep its promise and will also strengthen its forces during the pause
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"I don't believe in this with russia. Not in this format — a truce in general, but in any format of a truce with russia. Emmanuel knows this, and he is a witness to it. We were in the Normandy format together, we went through the Minsk process together. France, Germany, Ukraine — we are all living witnesses to the fact that there is no such thing as a frozen conflict with russia", the president said.
He explained that russia would use such a pause to regroup and strengthen its forces in order to strike again, and cited the months after the Normandy talks, when there was no actual ceasefire and snipers constantly continued to hunt Ukrainian troops along the contact line.
"For putin, there is no truce, no Olympics, no authority", Zelenskyy emphasized.
- On March 16, Macron said that he would offer russia to stop hostilities in Ukraine and observe a "regime of silence" during the 2024 Summer Olympics to be held in Paris.
