Putin's Easter ceasefire is a genuine opening for peace that Ukraine should seize without hesitation. Zelensky himself proposed a holiday truce and pledged reciprocal steps, so the path forward is clear. Letting this moment pass while peace talks stay deadlocked would be a catastrophic missed opportunity for a war that has already cost hundreds of thousands of lives.
Russia's Easter ceasefire is a hollow gesture from a country that saw Ukraine violate a prior Easter truce over 3,900 times. Moscow keeps demanding Ukraine surrender territory it hasn't even conquered, making any pause a stalling tactic rather than real diplomacy. With peace talks already collapsed and draft evasion gutting Ukraine's forces, a short ceasefire changes nothing about Russia's war aims.
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