Zelensky Slams Russia's Delay on Peace Memorandum as 'Mockery of the Whole World'

Zelensky slams Russia's delay on peace memorandum as 'mockery of the whole world'

Russia's weeklong delay in preparing a proposal on a peace settlement is a "mockery of the whole world," President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on May 23.The remarks come after Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump on May 19, refused to support a full ceasefire in Ukraine. Instead, the Kremlin proposed drafting a "memorandum" on a possible future peace settlement.Zelensky said th…

Zelenski stated that, while Ukraine and its partners work for an immediate ceasefire, Russia is wasting time. The spokesman of Kremlin's word, Dmitri Peskov, declared on 20 May that there is no "no term" for the end of the document. "When the Russians took a week to form such a memorandum in response to the request to stop the fire, it is certainly a game fight at the world's address," Zelenski said. The delay of a week of Russia in preparing a …