On 12 October, the Kremlin stated that it did not support the 60-day complete ceasefire proposed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a condition for holding elections in Ukraine. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Vladimir Putin was allegedly prepared to order a halt to strikes on Ukraine only on polling day, should Kyiv decide to hold the election.<\/p>\n
Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n According to Peskov<\/strong>, Moscow is focusing not on a temporary ceasefire, but on a long-term peace agreement. He also stated that Putin<\/strong> is prepared to issue an order to the military not to attack Ukraine on the very day of the presidential election.<\/p>\n Such a statement does not constitute an agreement between the parties and does not cover the period leading up to the vote. In verified public statements Kremlin<\/a> No mechanism has been described to monitor potential failure to deliver blows, nor are there any guarantees that this will be adhered to.<\/p>\n 11 October Zelensky<\/strong> In an interview with ABC News, he stated that Ukraine is organising elections<\/a>, provided that Russia agrees to a 60-day complete ceasefire. The President emphasised that the question of who should be elected head of state should be decided by the Ukrainian people, and called for this proposal to be put to Putin.<\/p>\n Peskov claimed that Ukraine allegedly needed 60 days to regroup and continue the war. In the statement quoted, he did not provide any public evidence to support this assessment. The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov<\/strong> For his part, he stated that, in his view, Zelenskyy does not deserve a \u00abbreak\u00bb on the battlefield.<\/p>\n\n
What alternative did the Kremlin put forward?<\/h2>\n
What Zelenskyy proposed<\/h2>\n
What are the legal requirements for voting?<\/h2>\n