Reference Message Network reported on April 18th according to TASS's report on April 17th, US President Trump said that he hoped to obtain Russia's reply regarding the ceasefire in Ukraine this week.
He told reporters at the White House: "We will wait and see. We plan to get their reply this week. It won't be long."
He believed that the ceasefire was getting closer. Trump said: "I believe we are getting close to a ceasefire, and we will let you know soon."
According to another report from TASS on April 18th, Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations, Nebenzia, told reporters that considering that Kiev failed to comply with the agreement to suspend attacks on energy facilities, it is unrealistic to achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine at this stage.<>
In response to related questions, he said: "We attempted limited ceasefires for energy facilities, but Ukraine did not comply. In this situation, discussing a ceasefire at this stage is impractical."
On March 18th, US President Trump proposed that both sides of the conflict should refrain from attacking energy infrastructure within 30 days. Russian President Putin responded positively to this initiative and immediately gave corresponding to to the Russian military. Subsequently, Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine supported the proposal to stop attacks on energy facilities.
In this situation, Ukraine attacked energy facilities in 15 regions of Russia from March 18th to April 16th, using various weapons including drones, FPV drones, and HIMARS multiple rocket launchers. Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the Russian president, told TASS that since March 18th, Kiev had actually not complied with the agreement, and attempts to attack Russian energy facilities continued.
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