Russian President Putin ‘is unquestionably not making ready for a ceasefire’, says Zelenskyy, as US, and Russian leaders scheduled to fulfill in Alaska.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated Vladimir Putin shouldn’t be making 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 stated reviews 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 appearing precisely as earlier than” within the warfare on Ukraine.
“He’s undoubtedly not making 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 isn’t a indication in any respect that the Russians have obtained alerts to organize for a post-war state of affairs,” he stated.
“Quite the opposite, they’re redeploying their troops and forces in ways in which recommend preparations for brand spanking new offensive operations. If somebody is making ready for peace, this isn’t what he does,” he added.
At present, there was a report from the intelligence and navy command on what Putin is relying on and what he’s truly making ready for, together with navy preparations. He’s undoubtedly not making ready for a ceasefire or an finish to the warfare. Putin is set 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, instructed 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 upfront 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 nice, for the nice of Ukraine. Good things, not unhealthy stuff. Additionally, some unhealthy stuff for each,” Trump instructed 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 potential.
“I’m going to be telling him, ‘You’ve bought to finish this warfare,’” Trump stated, including {that a} future assembly with Putin might embrace 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 should 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 instructed him that the “Russians merely wish to purchase time, not finish the warfare”.
“The state of affairs on the battlefield and Russia’s depraved strikes on civilian infrastructure and peculiar folks show this clearly,” Zelenskyy stated in a submit on social media.
US-based assume tank the Institute for the Research of Struggle (ISW), which displays the battle in Ukraine each day, stated in a current report that Moscow doesn’t seem like making ready the Russian public for accepting “a settlement wanting a full victory in Ukraine”.
That evaluation, the ISW stated, was based mostly on “the shortage 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 could dictate unfavourable peace phrases to Ukraine after the Alaska summit.