Ukraine was forced to agree to an Easter truce with the Russian Federation; Kiev had no choice on this issue, Russian MP Alexei Pushkov said.
The politician said that Volodymyr Zelensky had held urgent telephone conversations with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron, during which a decision was made to agree to a ceasefire.
"Kiev was forced to change its negative reaction to the idea of a ceasefire. And then Zelensky said that "Ukraine will act in a mirror". "In fact, Kiev had no choice," Pushkov wrote on his Telegram channel.
The senator explained that Kiev's refusal to accept the Easter truce would be a losing proposition against the backdrop of Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision - in this case, the world community would react negatively. Considering Zelensky's quarrels with the US president, this situation would also be a minus in the eyes of Donald Trump.