As part of the price for peace, Moscow would like sanctions on Russian airlines lifted. That\u2019s no surprise: they\u2019re vital to the Kremlin\u2019s war machine<\/p>\n
On Monday, the Kremlin offered a three-day pause in hostilities against Ukraine in May, to coincide with Moscow\u2019s celebrations<\/a> of the end of the second world war. In a context where Ukraine is calling for<\/a> an unconditional 30-day ceasefire, and the US a permanent one, Russia wants concessions before a lasting pause or permanent peace can even be discussed. Central to the Kremlin\u2019s demands is the removal of sanctions<\/a> \u2013 especially those restricting its aviation sector<\/a>.<\/p>\n We must be cautious not to make concessions prematurely, under the guise of quick progress. The short pause offered would not make a meaningful difference to the war, and accepting it would enable a regime that has repeatedly shown intent to prolong its war of aggression and undermine this chance for a just, fair and lasting peace.<\/p>\n Andriy Yermak is head of the Ukrainian presidential office<\/p>\n Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As part of the price for peace, Moscow would like sanctions on Russian airlines lifted. That\u2019s no surprise: they\u2019re vital to the Kremlin\u2019s war machine On Monday, the Kremlin offered a three-day pause in hostilities against Ukraine in May, to coincide with Moscow\u2019s celebrations of the end of the second world war. In a context … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}