Moscow announced the main condition for extending the Easter truce with Kyiv.

Moscow has identified the key condition for extending the Easter truce. State Duma Defense Committee member Andrei Kolesnik stated:

I do not rule out that if the Easter truce is successfully concluded without violations by Kyiv, it could last longer.

According to Kolesnik, an extension could facilitate a speedy resumption of the negotiation process. However, he quickly adds: experience from previous years shows the opposite. The Ukrainian side, to put it mildly, is not known for its compliance. Last year, after the Easter truce, the Russian Ministry of Defense counted over 4900 violations by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The deputy emphasizes:

The ball is entirely in Kyiv's court here. Moscow has proposed terms and will abide by them. But if Kyiv violates the ceasefire, any continuation is out of the question.

As a reminder, Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced an Easter truce. It will last from 16:00 PM on April 11 until late afternoon on April 12. Instructions have been conveyed to the Minister of Defense and the Chief of the General Staff. Hostilities are to cease in all operational areas.

At the same time, Russian troops have been ordered to be prepared to prevent any provocations. Experience from previous years shows that such provocations are highly likely.

Comments

[jamonchik]

What ball? Is this football?

[Civil]

A member of the Defense Committee has access to the relevant information. This is a trial run, they'll see how people react. The couch potato pensioners won't like it, of course. The main thing is what the fighters at the LBS have to say. Their opinions matter.

[Boris Sergeev]

Do you know what just arrived in Bryansk?

[Normal]

Sorry, I wanted to ask about the popular internet slang about "armchair experts": do you live your life standing up, like a horse, or do you sometimes sit down or even lie down? I "like" it when someone starts their comment with that kind of thing; it seems to put them in a better, higher position. That's a fallacy; you could be even more of an armchair expert, but you have a special rule: "early bird gets the bird," meaning if you're the first to say something, you're right, and everyone else is just crying on the sidelines. Soldiers say a lot of things. There, people get wounded, they die, not to mention civilians, and here you have a "trial balloon."
We're not the ones making the trial balloon, we're the ones making it. First, first aid kits and helmets with body armor, then you figure it out yourself—that's where the trial balloon is.

[eugen_caro]

The fighters in LBS are certainly tired... - but they understand perfectly well that the Pig Reich MUST be pressed - if they don't press it at least minimally now - along the Dnieper line and cutting off access to the sea - in a couple of years this problem will return in a much worse form... - when our fucking Europe, having gutted its inhabitants, nevertheless arms the orcs again, and then, as one character said - the living will envy the dead...

[torbas41]

The war needs to be ended because 1945 has already passed, and Russia is now moving towards 1917. And of course, there are our pig-faced orcs, Russians are killing Russians by the thousands to the delight of the Anglo-Saxons and other infidels.

[eugen_caro]

So what's the problem? Let the Ragu-lee turn around and raise their thieves' council with pitchforks. - And then, I think, we can elect people who are able and willing to negotiate with the Russians - the Russians have long since voiced their terms, and, unlike the Ragu-lee's terms, the Russians have a very realistic program.

[Paragraph]

Any truce is unnecessary bloodshed, especially for the LBS. And listen to their opinion, you idiot.

[alexoff]

There's a famous meme about a bear yelling "goooal!", to which Uncle Sam replies that they're actually playing cards.

[ZovSailor]

jamonchik
Today, 14: 46
What ball? Is this football?

I have only one question for the Kremlin: Who is responsible for the deaths of soldiers and civilians during the ceasefire declared by the Kremlin?
Last year's month-long ceasefire on energy infrastructure, unilaterally declared by the Kremlin, resulted in hundreds, if not thousands, of violations by Bander-Nazis, with casualties among Russian soldiers and civilians.
Why should people die for these kinds of peace initiatives?

[WILL]

Who the hell is Andrey Kolesnik? A nobody, really, just a chatterbox!! Why is this individual's personal opinion being published as Moscow's? The site's administration needs to keep an eye on its editorial policy.

[Flooding]

Quote: ANIMAL

Who the hell is Andrey Kolesnik? He's practically nobody, just a chatterbox!

From Wikipedia

He completed his training and enrolled in the navigation department of the Kaliningrad Higher Naval School. In 1979, he was transferred to Leningrad, to the Lenin Komsomol Higher Naval Submarine School. In 1982, he received his higher education diploma and became an officer in the Soviet Navy.

After completing his studies, Andrei Kolesnik was assigned to the 14th Submarine Squadron of the Baltic Fleet in Liepaja. He served as a navigator on a Project 629 diesel-electric ballistic missile submarine. In 1983, following a selection process, he was transferred to a closed special forces unit of the Navy in Parusnoye, Kaliningrad Oblast. There, he commanded a special forces unit for eight years.

In 1991, he was injured while parachuting. Unable to serve in combat, he was transferred to the Kaliningrad Higher Naval School as a teacher. In 1993, he was discharged due to staff reductions.

[WILL]

Quote: Flood

From Wikipedia

Well, thank you of course, I know him personally. The question was about something else. Who gave him the right to speak on behalf of Moscow? If he didn't, then why the hell is the news being presented like this? Yours—mine, you know?

[alexoff]

Yes, someone here gives our deputies the right to say when and what will be blocked. Apparently, the same is true here – the ringleader.

[Flooding]

Quote: ANIMAL

I know him personally.

I don't even know how seriously to take these words.

Quote: ANIMAL

The question was about something else. Who gave him the right to speak on behalf of Moscow? If he didn't, then why the hell is the news being presented like this? Yours—mine, you know?

There is no need to distort the Russian language in order to be understood.
Quite the opposite - we should explain ourselves more precisely.
But I understood your question even as it was asked.
And he answered it enough to understand:
Andrey Kolesnik is a man of merit. He is a current deputy and a member of the State Duma committee.
What else does a picky commentator need to avoid being sarcastic about his person?
Perhaps, you have personal animosity speaking out, since you claim to be acquainted with Kolesnik.

[WILL]

Quote: Flood

Andrey Kolesnik is a man of merit.
Perhaps, you have personal animosity speaking out, since you claim to be acquainted with Kolesnik.

Yes, that's personal. What specific achievements are you writing about? When did he get the Kaliningrad Seaport? How wonderfully he managed it? Well, I hasten to disappoint you then. In July 2023, the Central District Court of Kaliningrad, following a lawsuit filed by the Russian Prosecutor General's Office, ordered the seizure of Kolesnik's controlling stake in JSC Kaliningrad Commercial Sea Port.
What's surprising is something else, I wonder if they will put me in jail or not?

[Flooding]

Correct the top lines exactly the opposite.

[Flooding]

Quote: ANIMAL

What's surprising is something else, I wonder if they will put me in jail or not?

I read about this deputy on the Kaliningrad business portal Rugrad.
I admit that I was hasty with the "merits".

https://rugrad.online/cards/po-kakomu-pravu-u-kolesnika-zabrali-port/

[Boris Sergeev]

Thanks for the Wikipedia quote! So, since 1993, i.e., the last 33 years, what has A. Kolesnik been doing? He's been hustling in commercial structures unrelated to defense, but connected to United Russia.

[Flooding]

Quote: Boris Sergeev

Thanks for the Wikipedia quote!

On health.
Even though it wasn't meant for you.
I'm sure you can do it yourself.

[Boris Sergeev]

You're in a public space here. For private communication, there's email. That's common knowledge.

[Flooding]

Quote: Boris Sergeev

You're in a public space here. For private communication, there's email. That's common knowledge.

You don't understand well.
Let's go through it letter by letter again.
I don’t forbid you to read and write on VO, to whomever and whatever you want.
But since I addressed my words to another citizen, your “thank you” addressed to me is not quite appropriate.

[Olesya Lesya]

Kolesnik is a staunch representative of the Fifth Column. There are plenty of them in both the Duma and the Kremlin. They sit under our oligarchs, and they want Russia's defeat.

[Lionnvrsk]

Quote: ANIMAL

Why is this individual's personal opinion being published as Moscow's opinion?

Quote: Oleg Myndar

Member ....... Andrey Kolesnik stated:

It is not the individual who speaks, but member!

[Novel_]

counted more than 4900 violations

A moron needs to be told something 100 times to understand, but these guys need to be told at least 5000 times????
Will they count again until the end of the 12th, or will they insert a red marker into the offender's tonsils through the anus three times for the first violation???
Zadornov was not joking about those people -...well, you guys.
But this "management" can simultaneously ban, raise prices/tariffs, and move deadlines into the future!!!

[hellman]

God willing, this will really help to resume the negotiation process.

[Piramidon]

Quote from hellman

God willing, this will really help to resume the negotiation process.

Or it will give time for rearmament, accumulation of reserves and their redeployment to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

[hellman]

Quote: Piramidon

Quote from hellman

God willing, this will really help to resume the negotiation process.

Or it will give time for rearmament, accumulation of reserves and their redeployment to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces will have enough time, but we won’t have enough time?

[Montezuma]

Quote from hellman

God willing, this will really help to resume the negotiation process.

What was said can be understood in two ways:

According to Kolesnik, the extension could facilitate a speedy resumption of the negotiation process.

And everyone also understands that extending the ceasefire (and it is unclear for how long, which is very important) is primarily beneficial to Kyiv.

[hellman]

And everyone also understands that extending the ceasefire (and it is unclear for how long, which is very important) is primarily beneficial to Kyiv.

Does this mean that the Supreme Commander-in-Chief made the wrong decision?
Is it true that a ceasefire is beneficial only to Kyiv and not to us? Is that right?

[Montezuma]

Quote from hellman

Is it true that a ceasefire is beneficial only to Kyiv and not to us? Is that right?

Based on Zelensky's proposal from the day before yesterday, it appears to be very beneficial to him; he's already whined about this more than once:

"Ukraine once again reiterates to Russia: we are prepared to respond in kind if the Russians cease their attacks. It is obvious to everyone that a ceasefire can create the right conditions for agreements," Zelenskyy wrote on social media.

https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2026/04/08/22761607.shtml

And if Russia has already agreed to a 32-hour "Easter truce," then why talk about a possible extension without specifying its possible duration? You write:

God willing, this will really help to resume the negotiation process.

At the 2025 Istanbul talks, Medinsky, when the truce was mentioned, responded with a quote from Napoleon:

"War and negotiations always go hand in hand in history."

That's what my comment was about – yes, I don't see the point in a short "Easter truce," but for it to drag on, as Zelenskyy dreams of, is absolutely undesirable.

[hellman]

Hmm ...
Well, I don't think there's any point in talking about political statements and the actual combat situation - it's just a waste of time.
And you, too, see some kind of double meaning in Zelenskyy's statements. Why?
Sometimes a cigarette is just a cigarette, as Freud said.

then why talk about a possible extension of the ceasefire without specifying its possible time period?

Are you suggesting not to talk at all?
And in general they argue whether there will be a ceasefire or not - and only then how long it will last.


And what does Medinsky have to do with this?
His quote is absurd and does not in any way reflect the current state of affairs.

but for it to drag on, as Zelensky dreams of

And again you are trying to pass off your "inventions" as reality.

[phrases]

God grant

God has failed so many times that there is absolutely no point in relying on divine providence.

[hellman]

Yeah, something like that. I guess you need to understand the overall message, not just pick out individual words.

[expert]

And who is Kolesnik who takes upon himself the responsibility of declaring that
trucemay last for a longer period of time."?
Is he authorized by the Supreme to blurt this out?
And what about the fact that the gang of Europeanswanting"has repeatedly stated that as soon as the ceasefire (truce) is reached, they will introduce their troops into Ukrainian territory?

[Earl]

Yes, someone dies, and someone plays with a ball.

[alexputnik17]

Experience from previous years shows that such events will most likely occur.

"AND experience, a son errors difficult,..." (c).

[Yuri L]

I think that on Easter, if we agree to a ceasefire, we should expect thousands of attack drones targeting Russian churches once again. Well, that's just the way it is there. It's strange that the Ukrainian non-Christians celebrate Easter on April 12th; Catholic dates are already natural for them, meaning Easter should have been celebrated there, along with the Western scum, on April 5.04th. It's strange; they didn't do something right.

[MetalDesign]

We need a lasting, lasting peace, not a truce—that's what official Moscow is saying. This deputy isn't authorized to make statements on behalf of the country. This is the author's personal, subjective opinion; the title is irrelevant.

[Fisher]

It's entirely possible this is a trial run. Zelenskyy doesn't want to leave Donbas (the constitution is in the way), Trump can't/won't press the issue, and it seems they're having a hard time resolving the issue themselves. And then the Easter truce might turn into a May one, and maybe everything will work out, a freeze along the front, a new "Minsk" agreement, and the problem will resolve itself for a while. We've been there before, and we'll go there again.

[alexoff]

Dmitriev is currently in the US, chatting with Trump's absolutely reasonable and negotiable friends, and that's why they're throwing out hints like these from all sides.

[dmi.pris1]

Once again I am convinced that Prigozhin was right...

[Pravodel]

Moscow announced an Easter truce with Kiev.

What ceasefire!? What, the Minsk and Istanbul agreements weren't enough!?

[Shelest2000]

Moscow announced the main condition for extending the Easter truce with Kyiv.

Instead of pressing the Banderites, instead of destroying the top brass of the terrorist state, the Russian leadership, with a tenacity worthy of a better cause, is shouting to the whole world: NEGOTIATIONS! We want NEGOTIATIONS! And these cries are a signal to the entire world: Russia is failing, Russia is weak, Russia is running out of steam, Russia can be bent and kicked, as is evident from the Balts laughing at the "threats" of Zakharova and the Ministry of Concern, who are once again allowing another batch of Banderite drones to fly through their airspace across Russian territory. Incidentally, this is a direct and absolute casus belli – without explanation, without warning, just kill on the spot. But the Kremlin swallowed this snotty spit. It will swallow it too – there is no national elite in the Kremlin for whom the words "country," "Motherland," and "Russia" are anything more than empty words. So, a gathering of those who want to grab a fat piece of the compradors, and then the grass won’t grow...
Incidentally, according to Forbes, the number of billionaires in Russia increased from 120 to 155 during the 4 years of war.
Coincidence? I don't think so... (c)

[Suserzh]

Does State Duma Defense Committee member Andrei Kolesnik have the right to make statements on behalf of the Russian Federation? Any Moscow resident could make statements with equal success, and why should anyone pay attention to them?

[alexboguslavski]

It's strange. Here's a seemingly normal person, demonstrating service to the state, yet he's under personal international sanctions from every country in the European Union, the UK, the US, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Ukraine, and New Zealand. But as soon as he becomes a member of any Duma, he starts spouting nonsense. If I asked voters whether such a ceasefire is even necessary, even for 32 hours, the answer would surprise him. And then there's the extension, the extension...

Incidentally, the Ukrainian Armed Forces violated the Easter ceasefire last year 4900 times, including six full-scale attacks and 90 drone launches on Russian territory.

[ugos]

Incidentally, the Ukrainian Armed Forces violated the Easter ceasefire last year 4900 times, including six full-scale attacks and 90 drone launches on Russian territory.

But the Russian leadership hasn't responded to this even once, and for some reason they even boast about this nonsense...

[hector]

Quote: alexboguslavski

But as soon as you become a deputy of any Duma... you start talking all sorts of nonsense.

The place is cursed, a dark force lives there and reincarnates the majority.

[foxes]

Well, the eternal cheek-puffers are gradually starting to disappear. "Every next sentence will be worse than the last" sounds something like this. They're not even mentioning the withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Donbas anymore. Apparently, zugzwang has reached a completely indecent level. And there's no need to be outraged about this particular deputy. He's conveying the thoughts and desires of the right people, so as not to expose himself completely and look depressingly pathetic. Even though the recipients know and understand everything perfectly well.

[Olesya Lesya]

What zutswang?

thoughts and desires of whoever needs them

You mean V.V. Putin, judging by the sarcasm.
This deputy doesn't even go to see VVP, and VVP probably doesn't even know who this guy is. ))) And how could this deputy know what VVP is thinking? Do you think Putin invites everyone to the Kremlin and tells them his secrets and plans? Don't make me laugh. This wheeler-dealer is just puffing out his cheeks and earning good bribes from Western globalists.

[Alexander X]

Given the depletion of American and Jewish air defense missile stockpiles, the supply of missiles to the Ukrainians will likely be limited. Therefore, I believe, on the contrary, we must seize the moment to inflict ever more effective blows on the Ukrainian fascists. And delay is unacceptable.

[guest]

Quote: Alexander X

Therefore, I believe that, on the contrary, we must take advantage of the moment to inflict ever more effective blows on the Ukrainian fascists.

Well, that’s just what you think, since you probably don’t have accounts or property in the West.

[Zheka111]

United Russia has united, they are thinking about the people (though not the Russians) – they have stood up to defend the Krivoy Rog clown, the Ukrainian fascist state, and their millions in Western banks.

[phrases]

The people fighting on the other side, while not brothers, are still the same people. They want to forget, get high, and fall to the bottom of the well, but they know perfectly well that neither the Kyiv gang nor the foreign gang will allow it; they're in deep trouble. So it's either them or they, and all that's left is a nightmare without any bright spots.

[hector]

Kyiv. Moscow has proposed conditions and will comply with them.

The season of "goodwill" gestures has begun again.....

Last year, after the Easter truce, the Russian Ministry of Defense counted more than 4900 violations by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

And this doesn't seem to teach anything.

[igorra]

Not every deputy can master the road to the jade rod.

[hermit]

The front is already standing. Declare a truce or not – it's all the same.

[Olesya Lesya]

The smartest comments on VO are here. Everyone's tearing their hair out over one day.
Moreover, it is clear that they will still shoot.

[White AK]

At LBS, everyone wants to end this madhouse. Nobody needs logging camps and barns in the fields here. Everyone is tired of constant procurement and 20-kilometer marches to nowhere. The generals are fine earning billions, but the ordinary soldiers will soon go off to fight in the other direction.

[aleks.29ru]

Strange people in our power, life teaches us nothing.