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2025-04-21 -Short Attention Span Theater-
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'Diplomatic Dance': What Western Media Write About the Easter Truce
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Gevorg Mirzayan
[REGNUM] "Guided by humanitarian considerations, today from 18:00 to midnight from Sunday to Monday, the Russian side declares an Easter truce. I order all military actions to cease for this period.
We assume that the Ukrainian side will follow our example. At the same time, our troops must be prepared to repel possible violations of the ceasefire and provocations from the enemy, any of its aggressive actions."
This decision by Vladimir Putin became one of the main news items in the Western media. And they do not see any moral grounds in this decision (forgetting that Vladimir Putin is a believer and also respects the desire of other believers to celebrate Easter with dignity) or military ones.
"It looks more like a diplomatic dance than a military or moral manoeuvre," Sky News writes.
There was certainly a diplomatic component to the decision. And Western media see two points here. As The New York Times notes, it was about an appeal to Donald Trump and an attempt to put Volodymyr Zelensky in a difficult position.
With religious conservatives who honor Easter in power in the United States, “for Russia’s supporters, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statement on Saturday looked like a tribute to Trump,” CNN writes.
It is also clear that Donald Trump, on the eve of his 100-day "anniversary" as president, needs some serious progress on Ukraine. "This is a ploy to keep Trump's attention and allow him to characteristically announce some kind of victory in the negotiations," The Telegraph is confident.
"The ceasefire announcement comes amid reports that the Trump administration is considering recognizing Crimea as Russian territory," the British newspaper The Guardian points out. Forgetting that Russia needs recognition of not one, but five territories.
Yes, some write that the Russian president was motivated not by trump cards but by concerns. According to Sky News, if “Trump blames Putin for the lack of progress,” this could become a problem. Others claim that Trump has already made this threat public. “The action came a day after the Trump administration made its impatience clear,” writes The New York Times.
However, this is not true. To confirm its words, the publication cites the words of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who announced his intention to reassess the US involvement in the conflict within a few days. However, in this statement, Rubio did not say anything about Russia.
The Americans clearly understood that the main reluctance to move toward peace came from Kiev. That it was Ukraine that needed to be punished for dragging out the negotiation process. So yes, partly the decision on the Easter truce, as The New York Times writes, “apparently was aimed at showing the impatient Trump administration that Moscow was still open to peace talks.”
In essence, Zelensky found himself in a bind. “He could reject the ceasefire offer and risk angering Mr. Trump. Or he could accept it and risk allowing Russia to take advantage of the planned end to the fighting to marshal its forces for a new offensive,” The New York Times writes. He initially chose the latter option, then (after calling his Western handlers and fearing the consequences) changed it to the former.
The same CNN is already justifying possible violations by Zelensky. "If Ukrainian forces suddenly and immediately stop fighting on Putin's orders, it will be a logistical nightmare for them. Some positions on the front lines could end up in the center of violent clashes," the publication writes.
He said ending the fighting would require days of preparation and readiness, and misinformation would inevitably confuse troops about how the ceasefire would be implemented, how to report or respond to violations, and even what to do when the ceasefire ends.
According to the very original opinion of The Telegraph journalists, the order received by the Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov to record Ukrainian violations is a "set-up" and pushes for "fabricating incidents". It turns out that the publication declares Zelensky a white and fluffy boy who keeps his promises. Which, of course, is absolutely not true - including in the matter of ceasefires.
Other media outlets try to be a little more objective.
“This is not the first time a pause in hostilities has been suddenly declared – a previous attempt at a ceasefire during Orthodox Christmas in January 2023 failed,” the BBC writes, laying blame on both sides.
But this is also only a half-truth - then the Kiev regime simply refused to observe the ceasefire. This is what the BBC journalists' colleagues admit.
“The proposal was dismissed by Ukraine and its allies as a cynical move to buy time on the battlefield and public goodwill,” NBC points out. Simply put, Zelensky and the collective West were flush with enthusiasm after the autumn’s successes on the front lines and believed they could handle Russia.
Now Zelensky needs a long-term ceasefire because they are finishing him off. So he not only agreed to the Easter ceasefire, but also (again, after his partners explained everything to him) offered to extend it for 30 days. And for Western media, the question now is whether Vladimir Putin will accept it.
"It remains unclear whether the cease-fire is a genuine step toward de-escalation or a strategic pause prompted by growing international pressure and Trump's rhetoric," NBC asks.
Apparently, the local journalists had not heard all the previous statements of the Russian leader, where he clearly outlined the conditions necessary for agreeing to a long-term truce. Among them are the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Russian territory, the cessation of pumping weapons into the Kyiv regime, and similar steps.
So far, Kyiv and its Western partners have not fulfilled any of the conditions.
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