Kremlin: there were no official statements from the Vatican about a truce in Ukraine
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The Kremlin has seen reports of a two-week truce in Ukraine proposed by Pope Francis, but cannot comment on it, since there have been no official statements from the Vatican on this matter. This was announced to journalists by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.
“We did read the news as presented by a distinguished representative who had a meeting with the pontiff, but we have not heard any statements from the Vatican on this matter, so we do not consider it necessary and possible to comment,” he said.
The fact that Pope Francis proposed to establish a truce in Ukraine for two weeks from April 9 during the celebration of Catholic and Orthodox Easter, earlier informed Chairman of the World Union of Old Believers Leonid Sevastyanov, who spoke with the pontiff. In 2023, Catholic Easter takes place on April 9, and Orthodox Easter on April 16.
Yesterday, April 6, for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine spoke Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron. “Together with France, we call on the international community to maintain prudence and restraint and avoid any action that could worsen the crisis,” Xi Jinping said after talks with Macron in Beijing.
From January 6 to January 7, 2023 at the Russian initiative was introduced a ceasefire regime along the entire line of combat contact between the parties in Ukraine. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin gave the corresponding order the day before. The idea of a ceasefire was not supported by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian side repeatedly violated the set silence mode. The Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the Russian military observed the ceasefire until midnight on January 7.
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