Volodymyr Zelenskiy, speaking at a news conference in Prague alongside Czech President Petr Pavel, said that unless increased pressure were applied, Vladimir Putin would take no real steps to end the conflict.

At the same time, she claimed Ukrainian forces “didn’t even consider halting fire over Easter.” Separately, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s ceasefire initiative remains in force and that the Kremlin leader had allegedly issued the relevant order.