Russian President Putin ‘is certainly not getting ready for a ceasefire’, says Zelenskyy, as US, and Russian leaders scheduled to fulfill in Alaska.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated Vladimir Putin just isn’t getting ready for a ceasefire however is readying his troops for “new offensive operations” in Ukraine, even because the Russian chief is ready to fulfill US President Donald Trump for peace talks in Alaska.
Zelenskyy stated experiences from Ukrainian intelligence and navy commanders point out that Putin intends to current his assembly on Friday with Trump as “a personal victory after which proceed performing precisely as earlier than” within the warfare on Ukraine.
“He’s undoubtedly not getting ready for a ceasefire or an finish to the warfare,” Zelenskyy stated in a video message posted to his social media account on Monday night time.
“There is no such thing as a indication in any respect that the Russians have acquired alerts to organize for a post-war scenario,” he stated.
“Quite the opposite, they’re redeploying their troops and forces in ways in which recommend preparations for brand new offensive operations. If somebody is getting ready for peace, this isn’t what he does,” he added.
Right now, there was a report from the intelligence and navy command on what Putin is relying on and what he’s truly getting ready for, together with navy preparations. He’s undoubtedly not getting ready for a ceasefire or an finish to the warfare. Putin is decided solely to current a… pic.twitter.com/T3sqQg0ltT
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) August 11, 2025
Ukraine’s navy spokesperson for the southern front-line sector, Vladyslav Voloshyn, advised the Reuters information company on Monday that Russia was transferring some navy models within the Zaporizhia area for additional assaults.
Earlier on Monday, Zelenskyy warned that any concessions to Russia wouldn’t persuade it to cease combating in Ukraine.
“Russia refuses to cease the killings, and due to this fact, should not obtain any rewards or advantages,” Zelenskyy wrote on X.
“Concessions don’t persuade a killer,” he stated.
The Ukrainian chief’s warnings come prematurely of Trump’s scheduled assembly with Putin in Alaska on Friday, and after the US president stated that Kyiv must cede land to finish Russia’s warfare in Ukraine, a proposition that Ukraine has firmly rejected.
“There’ll be some land swapping occurring. I do know that via Russia and thru conversations with everyone; to the great, for the great of Ukraine. Good things, not dangerous stuff. Additionally, some dangerous stuff for each,” Trump advised a information convention in Washington, DC, on Monday.
Trump additionally stated he would know “in all probability within the first two minutes” of assembly with Putin, whether or not progress was doable.
“I’m going to be telling him, ‘You’ve obtained to finish this warfare,’” Trump stated, including {that a} future assembly with Putin might embody Zelenskyy.
United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney additionally stated on Monday {that a} peace deal for Ukraine should contain Kyiv and never be imposed upon it.
“Each leaders underscored that Ukraine’s future have to be certainly one of freedom, sovereignty, and self-determination,” a spokesperson for Starmer stated.
Zelenskyy additionally stated he had spoken to Canada’s Carney and advised him that the “Russians merely wish to purchase time, not finish the warfare”.
“The scenario on the battlefield and Russia’s depraved strikes on civilian infrastructure and bizarre folks show this clearly,” Zelenskyy stated in a put up on social media.
US-based suppose tank the Institute for the Examine of Struggle (ISW), which displays the battle in Ukraine each day, stated in a latest report that Moscow doesn’t seem like getting ready the Russian public for accepting “a settlement in need of a full victory in Ukraine”.
That evaluation, the ISW stated, was primarily based on “the dearth of change in public Kremlin messaging, together with ongoing hypothesis that Putin is trying to ‘outplay’ the West”.
European leaders and Zelenskyy plan to talk with Trump prematurely of his assembly with Putin as fears mount that Washington could dictate unfavourable peace phrases to Ukraine after the Alaska summit.
