The Ukrainian President, Volodimir Zelenski blamed once again yesterday Friday Vladimir Putin That he is trying to “sabotage” diplomatic efforts to ensure immediate ceasefire. In a post on social media, he urged the US to exert more pressure on the Russian president, saying that only the “power of America” ​​could end the war.

“It does everything it can to undermine diplomacy by putting extremely difficult and unacceptable conditions from the beginning, even before the ceasefire of fire.” He wrote characteristically.

On his side the Vladimir Putinat a press conference on Thursday, he said he accepted the idea of ​​ceasefire, but only if the deal is a long -term peace. At the same time, he referred to Kursk, where Russian forces recover territories occupied by Ukraine six months ago and accused Ukrainian forces of “heinous crimes against civilians”, which Kiev denies. She asked if Ukraine would use the ceasefire to mobilize, re -educate and refuel its troops, without specifying whether its forces may do the same.

At the same time he raised many questions about how to monitor and policing the ceasefire along the first line to the east. “Who will be able to determine who has violated the possible ceasefire agreement at a distance of 2,000 kilometers and where exactly?” he asked. “Who will be held responsible for violating the truce?”

In a meeting with reporters on Friday, Zelenski addressed these issues directly. He said Ukraine was more than capable of verifying the ceasefire and added that the truce with Russia could be monitored with the help of the US through satellites and information.

Ukraine believes that Putin’s terms can be addressed. But much more difficult, however, is to bend his objections and principles. The Russian president said that any agreement should “come from the assumption that this pause should lead to long -term peace and eliminate the deeper causes of this crisis”. This means his objections to the expansion of the NATO military alliance and the very existence of Ukraine as a sovereign independent state.

But the likelihood of this issue bending over any immediate temporary ceasefire is small, the BBC comments. The G7 Foreign Ministers who met in Canada emphasized Ukraine’s territorial integrity “and its right to exist, its freedom, its sovereignty and its independence.” That is why Zelenski said that “Russia is the only side that the war wants to continue and collapse diplomacy.”

The question is what could happen from now on. The ball is on the stadium of America. President Trump could choose to increase pressure on Russia, as Ukraine requires. It could impose more sanctions on Russia – and on countries that buy its cheap oil and gas. It could also provide more military and secret support in Ukraine. Alternatively, Trump could offer Russia more concessions to reach an agreement, a possibility that some people here in Kiev. Much of the contact between the US and Russia have been kept secret compared to the public diplomatic pressure itself imposed in Ukraine.

That is why Zelensky invokes Russia’s delay and urges the West to put more pressure on Putin. He may also enjoy seeing Russia in the spotlight, as he was the focus of US diplomatic efforts for more than a month since Trump and Putin had their first telephone conversation.

The essence is that Trump has opened many fronts On many international issues since it was sworn in, including the war in Ukraine. But now it is in front of the Kremlin walls and it can be harder for him to pass.

Trump wants a quick end to battles. Putin wants a “painful” detailed discussion. Two incompatible checks by two stubborn leaders who are used to getting what they want. The question is whether one will go back. At present, the prospects of a ceasefire are uncertain, something that the American side is saying by expressing its “cautious optimism”.