So, like, over Easter weekend, Russian President Vladimir Putin—yes, that guy—was like, “Let’s pause the fighting, y’all,” and announced this super dramatic ceasefire. But honestly? Ukraine was like, “Umm, we don’t buy it.” And same, bestie. 😒
Putin said the truce was just for Orthodox Easter, like Saturday night through Sunday, and framed it all holy and humanitarian, but Ukraine totally caught Russia still launching attacks. Like, hello? Drone strikes and shelling in Odesa and Sumy during your so-called ceasefire? That’s not very peace-core of you. 🙄
President Zelenskyy literally called it out, saying it was all performative and totally fake. According to Kyiv, Russia was still doing the most—aka fighting hard—even while pretending to be all “peace and blessings.”
But wait—there was this actually major prisoner swap that went down at the same time, which kinda gave everyone a sliver of hope. Like, 277 Ukrainians and 246 Russians were exchanged, and the UAE (yeah, random) helped make it happen. So that was a tiny slay, not gonna lie.
Now, Putin’s saying he’s open to a longer truce, but—big shocker—he added a bunch of conditions that are just, like, absolutely wild. He wants Ukraine to give up four regions (the ones he totally annexed illegally in 2022, btw) AND drop its dreams of joining NATO. Like, okay dictator, calm down.
Zelenskyy and basically all of Ukraine were like, “Hard pass.” And Western countries are also giving major side-eye. The EU’s standing behind Ukraine, the U.S. is getting kinda impatient, and everyone’s just wondering if this whole Easter “truce” was a PR stunt or something actually serious.
Anyway, the vibes are still super tense, and no one’s planning a peace picnic just yet. We’ll see what happens in the next few weeks, but for now? This ceasefire was more “fake friends energy” than anything legit.
💅💣✨ #TruceOrNah #EasterDrama #UkraineNotHavingIt
XOXO,
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