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 mentioned Vladimir Putin will not be getting ready for a ceasefire however is readying his troops for “new offensive operations” in Ukraine, even because the Russian chief is about to fulfill US President Donald Trump for peace talks in Alaska.
Zelenskyy mentioned reviews from Ukrainian intelligence and army commanders point out that Putin intends to current his assembly on Friday with Trump as “a private victory after which proceed performing precisely as earlier than” within the warfare on Ukraine.
“He’s positively not getting ready for a ceasefire or an finish to the warfare,” Zelenskyy mentioned in a video message posted to his social media account on Monday night time.
“There isn’t any indication by any means that the Russians have obtained indicators to organize for a post-war state of affairs,” he mentioned.
“Quite the opposite, they’re redeploying their troops and forces in ways in which counsel preparations for brand spanking 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 army command on what Putin is relying on and what he’s really getting ready for, together with army preparations. He’s positively 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 army spokesperson for the southern front-line sector, Vladyslav Voloshyn, informed the Reuters information company on Monday that Russia was shifting some army models within the Zaporizhia area for additional assaults.
Earlier on Monday, Zelenskyy warned that any concessions to Russia wouldn’t persuade it to cease preventing 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 mentioned.
The Ukrainian chief’s warnings come upfront of Trump’s scheduled assembly with Putin in Alaska on Friday, and after the US president mentioned 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 by way of Russia and thru conversations with everyone; to the nice, for the nice of Ukraine. Great things, not unhealthy stuff. Additionally, some unhealthy stuff for each,” Trump informed a information convention in Washington, DC, on Monday.
Trump additionally mentioned he would know “most likely within the first two minutes” of assembly with Putin, whether or not progress was potential.
“I’m going to be telling him, ‘You’ve obtained to finish this warfare,’” Trump mentioned, including {that a} future assembly with Putin might embrace Zelenskyy.
United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney additionally mentioned on Monday {that a} peace deal for Ukraine should contain Kyiv and never be imposed upon it.
“Each leaders underscored that Ukraine’s future should be one in every of freedom, sovereignty, and self-determination,” a spokesperson for Starmer mentioned.
Zelenskyy additionally mentioned he had spoken to Canada’s Carney and informed him that the “Russians merely need to purchase time, not finish the warfare”.
“The state of affairs on the battlefield and Russia’s depraved strikes on civilian infrastructure and strange folks show this clearly,” Zelenskyy mentioned in a publish on social media.
US-based suppose tank the Institute for the Research of Struggle (ISW), which screens the battle in Ukraine each day, mentioned in a current report that Moscow doesn’t look like getting ready the Russian public for accepting “a settlement wanting a full victory in Ukraine”.
That evaluation, the ISW mentioned, was primarily based on “the dearth of change in public Kremlin messaging, together with ongoing hypothesis that Putin is seeking to ‘outplay’ the West”.
European leaders and Zelenskyy plan to talk with Trump upfront of his assembly with Putin as fears mount that Washington might dictate unfavourable peace phrases to Ukraine after the Alaska summit.
