Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday that fighting with Russia was ongoing despite a three-day US-brokered ceasefire, accusing Russia of not wanting to end the four-year war.
Both Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of violating the ceasefire, announced by US President Donald Trump, over three days from 9 May.
“Today there was no silence at the front; there was fighting. We have recorded all of this,” Zelensky said in his daily address in the final hours of the truce.
“We also see that Russia has no intention of ending this war; unfortunately, it is preparing new attacks,” he added.
Zelenskyy also said that his top negotiator, Rustem Umerov, had reported to him on recent political and technological meetings in the US.
“It is clear that the war in Iran is now drawing the most attention from America,”Zelenskyyy said.
“But there is also a priority and support from the American people to end this war in Europe,” he continued.
Negotiations on the Russia-Ukraine war have so far led to nowhere and were sidelined by the Iran conflict. Trump’s ceasefire announcement has raised some hope that US-led talks will resume to end Russia’s invasion.
