The State Duma questioned the success of the Easter truce because of Zelensky

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is unlikely to be able to observe the Easter truce, since he does not control his army. This opinion was expressed on April 11 by Alexey Chepa, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs.

"He (Zelensky. — Ed.) crushed the entire opposition and the press, but he doesn't manage the troops very well," he said. Lenta.ru .

Chepa also noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin, unlike the Ukrainian leader, controls the army. He recalled that in the last truce, Putin gave an order by phone, and it was instantly executed.

Zelensky, according to Chepa, cannot expect the same with regard to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), adds "Газета.Ru ".

Keeping the pause: when will the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine resume

Moscow is ready for a new meeting with Kiev and Washington, but it is postponed due to the conflict in the Middle East.

On April 9, Putin announced the Easter truce from 16:00 on April 11 until the end of the day on April 12. It was clarified that the head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Andrei Belousov, and the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Valery Gerasimov, were instructed to stop the fighting for the period of the truce. Zelensky later added that Kiev was ready for mirror measures.

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