Russian President Putin ‘is certainly 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 just isn’t 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 stories 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 conflict on Ukraine.
“He’s undoubtedly not making ready for a ceasefire or an finish to the conflict,” Zelenskyy stated in a video message posted to his social media account on Monday evening.
“There isn’t a indication in any respect that the Russians have acquired indicators to arrange for a post-war scenario,” he stated.
“Quite the opposite, they’re redeploying their troops and forces in ways in which counsel preparations for brand new offensive operations. If somebody is making ready for peace, this isn’t what he does,” he added.
As we speak, there was a report from the intelligence and navy command on what Putin is relying on and what he’s really making ready for, together with navy preparations. He’s undoubtedly not making ready for a ceasefire or an finish to the conflict. 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, informed the Reuters information company on Monday that Russia was transferring some navy items 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 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 conflict in Ukraine, a proposition that Ukraine has firmly rejected.
“There’ll be some land swapping happening. I do know that via 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 stated he would know “most likely within the first two minutes” of assembly with Putin, whether or not progress was doable.
“I’m going to be telling him, ‘You’ve received to finish this conflict,’” Trump stated, including {that a} future assembly with Putin may 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 have to be one in all freedom, sovereignty, and self-determination,” a spokesperson for Starmer stated.
Zelenskyy additionally stated he had spoken to Canada’s Carney and informed him that the “Russians merely need to purchase time, not finish the conflict”.
“The scenario on the battlefield and Russia’s depraved strikes on civilian infrastructure and strange individuals show this clearly,” Zelenskyy stated in a submit on social media.
US-based suppose tank the Institute for the Research of Struggle (ISW), which displays the battle in Ukraine every day, stated in a latest report that Moscow doesn’t seem like making ready the Russian public for accepting “a settlement in need of a full victory in Ukraine”.
That evaluation, the ISW stated, was primarily based 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 might dictate unfavourable peace phrases to Ukraine after the Alaska summit.
