Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to order the military to suspend strikes on Ukraine on the day of the country's elections, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
"The president has already spoken about this, but in this case, I can say with full responsibility on his behalf that if Kiev truly wants to hold elections, then the Russian president, as supreme commander-in-chief, will be ready to order the army not to strike Ukraine on election day. Specifically on election day - this is a very important clarification," TASS quoted Peskov as saying.
Commenting on Vladimir Zelensky’s statement that he needed 60 days to hold elections, Peskov said: "We don’t need a ceasefire but a lasting peace that will endure for generations." "It is certainly worth remembering here that Russia was willing - as it said openly - to continue peace talks immediately after holding its own State Duma elections," he noted.
"But what did Ukraine do? Ukraine carried out strikes on Moscow, which were unprecedented in scale. Ukraine sought to disrupt the elections. Ukraine targeted polling stations. Ukraine attacked and killed several members of district elections commissions in Russia’s new regions. That was when the president said that we needed to think about when to resume negotiations," the Russian presidential spokesman said.
