The political scientist called the Easter truce in the SVO zone a test for Zelensky.

The Easter truce, announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin, is a test of "lice" for Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky. This opinion was expressed by Alexander Perendzhiev, associate professor of the Department of Political Analysis and Socio-Psychological Processes at Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, military political scientist, on Friday, April 10.

He noted that this would help to understand how capable the Ukrainian side is in general, because the Ukrainian side did not observe all the previous truces that were announced by the Russian leader and all the time showed its inability to agree to a truce.

"Although Zelensky has repeatedly whined after that that, they say, Russia is not going to a truce — please, let's go to a truce, we are waiting to see if he [will] behave like a normal person, <...> we want to understand again," the political scientist said in an interview with Lenta.Ru .

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On April 9, Putin announced the Easter truce from 16:00 on April 11 until the end of the day on April 12. 360.ru . 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 is ready for mirror measures, RT reports.

On April 10, the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, Tatyana Moskalkova, called Putin's decision on a truce a humane and merciful step, according to the website. kp.ru . According to the Ombudsman, a pause in the fighting will allow for the evacuation of the wounded, organize searches for the missing and deliver humanitarian aid to the most affected areas.

On the same day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin had seen Zelensky's statement that Kiev intended to follow Moscow's example and join the Easter truce, IA Regnum reports.

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