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People’s Deputy Oleksii Honcharenko said that any truce or ceasefire with Russia is in Ukraine’s interests, regardless of its duration. In his view, stopping hostilities even for a few hours or weeks is a step toward preserving people and the country.
Honcharenko wrote about his position on his Telegram channel. The deputy noted that he sees a lot of negativity around the topic of a possible truce and decided to explain why he considers a pause in the war a justified step.
"Any truce, any stop to the fighting, any agreement that suspends active hostilities is in Ukraine’s interests," Honcharenko wrote.
The deputy added that he is ready to support a ceasefire for any period — from two hours to a whole year. He gave examples of possible steps: stopping strikes on energy infrastructure, halting attacks at sea, and refraining from long-range strikes. In his view, each of these steps is movement in the right direction.
"We need to stop, we need peace. Peace is achieved gradually. Save people. Save businesses. Save the country," Oleksii Honcharenko emphasized.
The deputy summed up that the war has shown Ukrainians the true cost of hostilities, and he called for returning to peace.
Why the Kremlin rejects the idea of a temporary ceasefire
Honcharenko’s statement came against the backdrop of Moscow’s hardline stance on any intermediate formats of stopping the fighting. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov 22 September said that a pause in hostilities "will give nothing," insisting that Russia advocates exclusively for a "lasting peace," not a temporary ceasefire.
Moscow’s position came shortly after French President Emmanuel Macron 21 September discussed with U.S. President Donald Trump the idea of a moratorium between Ukraine and Russia on strikes against energy facilities — the meeting took place in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Ukraine’s Western partners are actively promoting the idea of a partial or full truce, hoping to agree on concrete steps before winter, but the Kremlin so far rejects such proposals.
Earlier Informator reported that the President of Ukraine set a condition for a possible energy ceasefire with Russia. Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine is ready not to carry out retaliatory strikes on Russian infrastructure if international partners guarantee a real and long-term halt to Moscow’s attacks on energy and food logistics.
We also wrote that Putin’s representatives clearly stated that an energy ceasefire with Ukraine contradicts Russia’s interests, which again confirmed the Kremlin’s unwillingness to make concessions even in a partial format.
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