The war in Ukraine is finally drawing towards a conclusion, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday.
As his military forces prepared for the annual Victory Day parade in Moscow to commemorate the end of World War II, Putin told reporters, “I think it’s coming to an end, but it’s still a serious matter.”
Putin also reiterated his condemnation of Western support for Ukraine.
A day earlier, on Friday, President Trump said Russia and Ukraine would enter a three-day ceasefire over the weekend and into Monday, and thousands of prisoners would also be exchanged.
President Trump also said he “like to see a big extension” of the ceasefire, to allow a lasting peace to be negotiated.
President Trump said he had called for the ceasefire and both leaders agreed “readily.”
“We have a little period of time where they’re not going to be killing people. That’s very good,” he said.
“And they also agreed to give… a thousand prisoners back, so they’re going to be transferring almost immediately a thousand prisoners from each side. That’s very good.”
Earlier in the week, both sides declared unilateral ceasefires and then accused the other side of violating the peace.
Russia threatened strikes on Ukraine if it was not allowed to hold its Victory Day parade in Moscow.
According to the Associated Press, this year’s parade will be the first in which no tanks, missiles or other equipment is paraded through Red Square.
Russia still controls about 20% of Ukraine’s pre-2014 territory, including the Crimea and parts of the Donbas region.
In recent weeks, Ukraine has stepped up attacks on Russia’s oil infrastructure.
Last weekend, a nighttime drone attack hit Primorsk, Russia’s largest oil port on the Baltic, and caused a large fire.
The port is capable of processing hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil per day, and has been targeted by Ukraine multiple times since March.
The extent of the damage caused by the latest strike is unclear.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces destroyed a number of military and other targets.
“One more Russian carrier of Kalibr missiles is out of action. Major General Yevhen Khmara reported on the successful destruction of targets in the Primorsk port,” Zelensky wrote in a Telegram post on Sunday.
He also said drones hit a missile ship, patrol boat and a “shadow fleet” tanker that was being used to skirt Western sanctions on Russian energy exports.
In another post, Zelensky said Ukrainian forces hit two other “shadow fleet” tankers near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.
“These tankers were actively used to transport oil. Now they won’t,” he said.
Ukrainian officials say Moscow’s oil revenue is directly financing the war, making it a fair target.
In April, Ukrainian forces attacked Russian oil refineries, sea terminals and pipelines at least 18 times.
Strikes have reached as far as 1,600 km into Russia.
Russia’s oil-refining is now at a 17-year-low of about 4.7 million barrels a day.
Moscow has lost about $7 billion in oil revenue since the start of the year.
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About two weeks after we pulled out of Afghanistan the war in Ukraine began. I guess once they wrap it up in Eastern Europe we’ll be going into Iran. Why must there be death and conflict for the powers that be to be happy?
The only way is total destruction of ucrane and complete victory