Context
Zelensky says Moscow picked Easter escalation over a ceasefire.
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According to BBC and Reuters on April 3, Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia answered ceasefire talk with intensified attacks instead. Each new peace rumor now has to survive contact with the battlefield, which is a useful correction to the fantasy that negotiations can be willed into existence by repeating the word "deal."
Smart Take
Zelensky says Moscow picked Easter escalation over a ceasefire.
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The smart take: ceasefire language is becoming a tactical prop, not a diplomatic milestone. Each fake opening makes the next real one harder to sell, because publics and allies start treating talks as theater.
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