Putin: Russia will analyze the experience of the Easter Truce

🇷🇺#Russia #Россия #Путин #Putin #Кремле #Kremlin #Москва #Moscow: (ENGLISH SUBTITLES): Putin: Russia will analyze the experience of the Easter Truce: It is necessary to carefully examine the results of the truce, the Russian leader emphasized:

Putin answers journalists' questions at the National Center "Russia"

Vladimir Putin answered questions from Russian journalists. The head of state came out to the media after the presentation of the "Service" award on the sidelines of the municipal forum at the National Center "Russia".

Russia should carefully analyze the experience of the Easter Truce, look at the results. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, answering journalists' questions after the ceremony of presenting the All-Russian Municipal Award "Service".

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"We must think and carefully evaluate everything, look at the results," the Russian leader said.

He noted that he initially voiced the need to analyze this experience at a meeting with the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov.

The Easter Truce has ended. How would you assess it and what is its current status: has hostilities resumed after it ended?

The fighting has resumed. We said this from the very beginning, when we declared a ceasefire. We always have a positive attitude towards a ceasefire, which is why we came up with such an initiative, especially since we are talking about the bright Easter days. This is a holiday for all Christians. This is how it happened these days for Catholics, Protestants, and Orthodox Christians.

That is why we have always talked about this, because we have a positive attitude towards any peace initiatives. We hope that the representatives of the Kyiv regime will have the same attitude. Although we saw the initial reaction, I think everyone noticed it, a statement was published according to which our proposal was considered a game with destinies, with people's lives, and so on.

But there were probably some smarter people there who suggested, most likely foreign curators, that rejecting such initiatives is a losing position for the Kyiv regime, and they quickly agreed. Now we see that the Kiev regime is trying to seize the initiative, to talk about expanding the time frame and targets, but we must think, of course, and carefully evaluate everything, look at the results.

If you noticed, I said from the very beginning, when I met with the Chief of the General Staff, that we would see what the experience of declaring the Easter truce would be. What is he talking about? In general, we are seeing a decrease in combat activity on the part of the enemy.

This is true. These are the estimates, including those of our group commanders. But, nevertheless, there were almost 5,000 violations, 4,900. Of these, 6 attacks and 90 attempts to strike aircraft-type UAVs. 1,400 artillery shelling.

But in general, there was still a decrease in activity. We welcome this and are ready to look at the future. As for the proposal not to strike civilian infrastructure facilities, this needs to be sorted out. For example, everyone is well aware of the attack by our armed forces on the congress center, I think, of Sumy University.

Is it a civilian facility or not? Civilian. But there was an award ceremony for those who committed crimes in the Kursk region, both the Ukrainian Armed Forces units and the nationalists. And these are the people we consider criminals who should receive deserved retribution for what they did in the border region, including Kursk.

They received this retribution. This was done precisely to punish them. But are these civilian facilities or not? But the regime uses these civilian facilities. Or just recently, a few days ago, our armed forces struck in the Odessa region. This is a small settlement in the Odessa region, 82 kilometers, I think, from Odessa. So what kind of facility is this?

An agricultural facility, hangars, an agricultural enterprise. But there the Kyiv authorities, together with foreign curators and assistants, tried to organize not only the production, but also the testing of a new missile system. That is where the strike was carried out. So is it a civilian facility or not? Civilian, but it was used for military purposes. Or they hold some kind of gathering in some restaurant.

These are the people who deserve the most serious punishment for the crimes they committed. That also happened. They hold gatherings, meetings, conferences in a restaurant, celebrate something, drink vodka and so on. That is where the strike was carried out too. Is it a civilian facility? Civilian, but what is the target? Military. This needs to be sorted out, this is all a subject for a thorough study, maybe bilaterally, as a result of dialogue, we do not rule this out. So we will analyze all this and make appropriate decisions for the future.

The Easter truce, declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 19, ceased to be in effect at 00:00 on April 21. Russian servicemen strictly observed the ceasefire, and after its end continued to conduct a special military operation, the Defense Ministry reported earlier. It was noted that the enemy attempted to attack 4,900 times, but overall enemy activity during the daytime along the entire front line decreased.