Kremlin says Putin proposes talks with Ukraine on civilian targets moratorium
Russian President Vladimir Putin meant talks with Ukraine when speaking about civilian infrastructure strikes discussions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a Russian state television reporter on Monday.
In parallel, President Putin said Moscow is open to any peace initiatives and expects a similar attitude from Kyiv.
“We always have a positive attitude towards a truce, which is why we came up with such an initiative, especially since we are talking about the bright Easter days,” Putin told a state TV reporter, Pavel Zarubin.
“We have always talked about this, that we have a positive attitude towards any peace initiatives. We hope that representatives of the Kyiv regime will feel the same way,” he added.
While both Ukraine and Russia accused each other of violating the Easter ceasefire, Washington said it would welcome an extension of the truce, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reiterated several times Ukraine’s willingness to agree to pause strikes on civilian infrastructure for 30 days in the war.
