Kremlin rejects Zelenskyy’s Easter ceasefire push as Russian attacks continue
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, Oct. 10, 2025 (Photo: Sputnik/Grigory Sysoev/Pool via REUTERS)
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, commenting on Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s proposal for an Easter ceasefire, said Russia
“did not see a clearly defined initiative.”
“In those statements by Zelenskyy that we read, we did not
see a clearly defined initiative regarding an Easter ceasefire. As always, he
spoke about readiness and a desire to agree to a ceasefire — any kind, even an
Easter one. That is what President Zelenskyy was talking about,” Peskov said.
The Kremlin again rejected a ceasefire and said Zelenskyy
“must take responsibility and make the appropriate decisions so that we reach
peace, not a ceasefire.”
On March 30, Zelenskyy told reporters that he was ready for
any format of ceasefire, including one for Easter.
“We are ready to talk, as you remember, about any ceasefire.
A full ceasefire. An energy ceasefire. A ceasefire on food security and energy,
meaning both the sea and the sky. Fully — so that no missiles or drones fly. No
strikes on infrastructure. We proposed all of this. And we are open. If the
‘russkies’ are ready — please, we are ready. Let them propose it for any period
of time — we are ready to resolve this issue,” the Ukrainian president said.
Last year, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said he had
ordered all hostilities to stop from 6 p.m. on April 19 until midnight on April
21.
Zelenskyy responded to Putin’s statement about an Easter
ceasefire by noting that Russian attack drones had been detected over Ukrainian
territory starting at 5:15 p.m., reflecting the Russian dictator’s true
attitude toward Easter and human life. Zelenskyy called Putin’s words “another
attempt to play with people’s lives” and said Ukrainian air defenses and
aviation had already begun operating to defend against the Russian attack.
Later, Zelenskyy said he agreed to a ceasefire if “complete
silence truly reigns” and said Ukraine would respond in kind. He also proposed
extending the ceasefire beyond Easter Sunday.
On the morning of April 20, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that
between 6 p.m. on April 19 and midnight on April 20, there had been 387
instances of shelling and 19 Russian assaults. In addition, Russian forces used
drones 290 times. As of 6 a.m. on April 20, there had already been 59 Russian
shelling incidents and five assaults by Russian units across different sectors
of the front.
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