“Military trick”: expert explains why Putin declared a new “truce”

The expert believes that the Russian dictator needs a truce to hold a parade in Moscow.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin declared a “truce” on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet-German war in order to protect the parade in Moscow from Ukrainian drones. This opinion was expressed by military expert, reserve colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, former spokesman for the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vladislav Seleznyov on the air of “Kyiv24” .

“This is a military trick,” he noted, adding that

According to Seleznev, Putin is afraid of disrupting the parade in Moscow.

“What are Putin and his entourage worried about today? They are very worried that on May 7, 8 or 9, good Ukrainian drones will fly towards Moscow and the Moscow region. And they need to declare to the general public that Moscow is an absolutely safe place and you can safely hold a parade on Red Square. I think that this is precisely what Putin’s attempt to induce Ukraine to certain peace agreements in this way is connected with,” Seleznyov emphasized.

At the same time, the expert noted that from 2014 to 2022, such ceasefires were declared and agreed upon with the Russian Federation at least 25 times, but they never worked even for a day, and sometimes within a few minutes of their announcement, the Russians began to violate them. The expert recalled that this year, during the so-called “Easter truce,” the Russians “struck at our positions, attacked on most of the front line.Read also:

He noted that we need to wait for the Ukrainian leadership’s response to such initiatives by Putin, but there is no trust in the initiatives of the Russian dictator.

Putin declares new “truce” in war with Ukraine

As UNIAN reported, today, April 28, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin declared a truce on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet-German war. This was reported by Russian media with reference to the Kremlin.

It was noted that by Putin’s decision, based on humanitarian considerations, on the days of the 80th anniversary of the victory – from 00:00 on May 7-8 to 00:00 on May 10-11 – the Russian side declares a ceasefire. All hostilities are suspended for this period. The Kremlin believes that the Ukrainian side should join the ceasefire.

(C)UNIAN 2025