Vladimir Putin’s proposal for a three -day truce on the occasion of Victory Day It has sparked strong reactions to Ukraine, as although it is considered a symbolic move by Moscow, many Ukrainians consider it a communication trick without real intent for peace.

In particular, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that the three -day truce with the end of the end of World War II in Europe – a public holiday in Russia on Friday.

However, with this proposal, Putin rejected a much more substantial proposal by the Trump government for a 30 -day truce and the start of negotiations, a proposal accepted by Ukraine.

Zelenski, in turn, rejected Russia’s unilateral three -day truce and said Ukraine does not guarantee the security of the military parade in Moscow, on the Red Square, on May 9th.

The Russian proposal has been treated with wide skepticism in Ukraine, where polls are steadily showing that about 95% of the population does not trust Russia.

“I don’t think there will be any truce,” said 42 -year -old Tatiana Contrachenko, a shop owner in the village of Khhotin in the Sumi region, an area that has been vigorously bombed and is about six miles (10 km) from the Russian border.

Zelenski was right to reject the proposal, “because he knows how they work, as did Easter,” he added, referring to the Russians.

“They announced a truce, after exploiting it to bring more equipment and began the attacks again. What kind of truce is that? “He notes.

Last month, around Easter, Russia had proposed a similar cessation of the 30 -hour hostilities, but was later accused by Ukraine of violating its own proposal nearly 3,000 times.

Then, instead of immediately rejecting the proposal, Ukraine had stated that you would do according to Russia’s actions.

A senior Ukrainian officer had told the BBC that the units of the front line had been ordered to stop putting in Russian positions, but to record any evidence of violations from the Russian side and to pay back if needed.

By Wednesday, Ukrainian officials had not clearly stated whether they would modify their military action during the three -day period. When asked if the Ukrainian forces intend to continue business, a source from the Presidential Office told the BBC: “We will see.”

Residents of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev were awake in the early hours of Wednesday due to Russian attacks with drones and missiles against the city. A ballistic rocket was successfully dismissed by anti -aircraft defense systems, but a drone hit an apartment building, killing a mother and her son and injuring at least six others, including one child.

The Mayor of Moscow said on Wednesday that Russian anti -aircraft systems shot down 14 Ukrainian drones overnight. The Kremlin has said that drones attacks do not affect his plans for the three -day cessation of hostilities.

The “pause” is not taken seriously in Ukraine, mostly. Is more perceived as a propaganda exercise. Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlos Climkin told the BBC that it was simply another Russian power demonstration.

“All this has to do with how Russia is shaping the agenda on its own terms,” ​​Climkin said. “It has nothing to do with a real truce. Everything has to do with internal messages, to the US, to Europe, to say that we, Russia, have control. “

Talks about a meaningful truce process began in February, when US President Donald Trump sent officials to negotiate separately with Russian and Ukraine leaders. Since then, Ukraine has accepted the US proposal for 30 days unconditional ceasefire, while Russia does not.

In the coming months, there were many attacks. Russia targeted intensively Ukrainian cities with drones and rockets, killing 19 people, including nine children last month in a playground attack on Krivi Rich, as well as 35 people a week later, in an Easter attack in the city of Sumi.

According to the UN, at least 848 civilians were killed between 1st and 24th April, a figure showing a 46% increase compared to the same period last year.

The number of deaths of civilians means that every truce should be accepted, even in Russian terms, said Olexi Kamcatni, 38, a scientist living in Kiev.

“This is the rescue of lives,” Kamcatni said. “I come from Donbas, Pokrovsk. I managed to remove my mother, but my father stayed there. I have no contact with him since March 9. “

However, he supports the temporary truce, “even if it means concession,” he said.

Polls in Ukraine show that the majority of the population would accept to grant some control over territories occupied by Russia during the full -scale invasion, but without the resignation of Kiev officially from the sovereignty over these territories, according to the Apostle.

“There is certainly a great deal of fatigue and a strong desire for steady peace in Ukraine,” Grussetski said.

But according to previous polls, the majority of Ukrainians would probably consider the proposed three -day truce either as a “trap” or just as a trick to avoid attacks on Moscow during the holiday, he added.

There is also widespread suspicion in Ukraine that the ceasefire proposal is simply a Russian maneuver for the movement of forces to strategic points on the front, the reinforcement where it is needed and the preparation for new attacks.

Ukraine had already made it clear that it was ready for full and unconditional truce and has no obligation to participate in the Russian agenda, said Michail Samos, Ukrainian military analyst and director of the Institute of Nea Geopolitics.

“Why play Putin’s game? We are ready for a real truce, “Samos said. “If he wants to organize a parade to show that he is a great leader, this is his own affair.”