Ukraine and its main European allies, in concert with the United States, sent a ultimatum to Russia on Saturday May 10 to accept a cease-fire “Complete and unconditional” thirty days from Monday, failing which Moscow would be exposed to new “Massive sanctions” Western. The announcement was made during a visit to kyiv of French leaders, Emmanuel Macron, German, Friedrich Merz, British, Keir Starmer, and Polish, Donald Tusk, who also claim to have the support of the American president, Donald Trump, that is to say a rare demonstration of Western unit.
Without responding directly to this proposal, the Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov regretted on Saturday with journalists the attitude of “Confrontation” Europeans towards Russia. “We hear contradictory statements from Europe. They are generally focused on confrontation rather than attempts to resuscitate our relationships in one way or another ”he said.
A proposal for a thirty -day truce has already been formulated several times by Ukraine in recent weeks, but rejected by Russia, which first wants commitments on its requests, in particular that western Western arms from kyiv cease.
According to the French president, around twenty member countries of a “Coalition of volunteers” Support to Ukraine, who exchanged visioconference with the leaders gathered in kyiv around the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, have “Decided to support a ceasefire” of thirty days, “With supervision provided mainly by the United States of America” and to which “All Europeans will contribute”. If Russia refuses this ceasefire or accepts it but rapes it, “We are approved that massive sanctions would be prepared and coordinated between Europeans and Americans”he said.
Source: Lemonde