Zelensky comments on Macron's idea of an "Olympic truce"

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he does not believe in the potential implementation of French President Emmanuel Macron's idea of a global ceasefire for the Olympic Games in the war between Russia and Ukraine, because Russia will not keep any promises.

He said this in an interview with the famous French journalist-blogger Hugo Travers.

Zelensky was asked how he assessed the idea voiced by the French president of a ceasefire in all major conflicts during the Olympics.

"I do not believe in this with Russia. Not in this format - a ceasefire in general, but in any format of a ceasefire with Russia. Emmanuel knows this, and he witnessed it himself. We were in the Normandy format together, we went through the Minsk process together. France, Germany, Ukraine - we are all living witnesses to the fact that there is no such thing as a frozen conflict with Russia," Zelenskyy said.

He emphasized that Russia would use such a pause to regroup and strengthen its forces in order to strike again, and cited the months after the Normandy talks when there was no actual ceasefire and snipers continued to hunt Ukrainian troops along the contact line.

Author - Olena Madiak, 22/04/2024