Ukraine faced dark military and diplomatic developments over the past week, as Russian President Vladimir Putin refused a full ceasefire through a proposal to have “issues” that need leakage.

Vladislav Voloshin, a spokesman for the southern forces in Ukraine, said that Russian forces increase their mechanical attacks as spring weather had committed a mandy land.

“The mud has disappeared … there are more plants, and there is a lower vision. Therefore, the enemy tries to improve its tactical position,” said Voloshin.

On Tuesday, Russian forces entered the village of Stepove in western Zaburizia, the southern Ukrainian province partially by Russian forces.

A Russian official said that the capture would complicate the local Ukrainian logistical services.

“There is a road that extends from Orekhov to Kamenskoy through Stepove, which the enemy used constantly … they will have to move along longer roads. This brings positive changes to us on the Zaporizhia front as a whole.”

There was also bad news for the Ukrainian forces in the Russian province of Corsak, where they formed an anti -invasion last August, which attracted many fire force in Russia from the Ukrainian lands.

Russia regained the city of Sodza on March 13, pushed the Ukrainian forces almost to the border, and it appeared bent on pressure on Ukrainian lands.

“We will not just be free from our land, but we will also create a buffer zone [Putin] “We have cost us.

Putin called for the creation of a “healthy area” inside Ukraine a year ago.

It is important for this area to be 20 km wide [10 miles]It is preferable 30 km [20 miles]”The depth of the Ukrainian lands extends,” said Oleg Ivanov’s deputy commander, Oleg, Oleg Ivanov, to serve the state news.

Putin seeks to stop the selective shooting

Backed by these successes, Putin rejected a proposal in the United States Ukrainian to a full ceasefire on the day it fell.

“Who will determine a place and who violates the ceasefire agreement for a length of 2000 km [1,240 miles]? Who will blame for those who violate this agreement? ” Putin He said, referring to the length of the entire Russian -Ukrainian border.

“The situation on the ground … changes quickly,” he told reporters.

Putin also claimed the Ukrainian forces in Kursk.

The Ukrainian General Staff denied this claim, saying: “reports on the alleged” nutrition “… wrong and condemned by the Russians to political manipulation and pressure on Ukraine and its partners.”

This did not prevent US President Donald Trump from believing them.

“[Russians] “I have crashed about 2,500 soldiers, and they are well surrounded,” Trump said in a televised interview.

There was no later indication that they had been arrested.

Trump’s envoy, Steve Whitkov, told reporters on Tuesday that instead of a full ceasefire, Putin agreed to a ceasefire on long -range air attacks against power and public infrastructure stations, as well as long -range maritime attacks in the Black Sea.

The agreement was closed after two meetings between Witkeov and Putin for about eight hours, followed by a two -hour phone call between Putin and Trump.

“Until recently, we had no consensus around these two sides, stopping energy, fire infrastructure and black seafood at fire. Today, we got to this place, and I think it is a relatively short distance to a full ceasefire from there,” Witkeov said.

The Kremlin version of the events suggested that the endowment of the Black Sea still does not exist.

“Putin’s reaction” was to build “the idea, and” he agreed to start negotiations to continue studying the specified details, “while on energy and general infrastructure,” Putin immediately gave the Russian army the appropriate leadership. “

Witkev said that the details remained on Sunday when we meet the American and Russian delegations in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinski said he would look at a partial ceasefire after talking to Trump, “so that we can understand the details,” and was quoted by the Ukrainian news portal, Obeshssende Novosi on March 19.

But the deal between Trump and Putin puts him in a difficult situation.

The full shooting stopped for slow Russian progress but almost unabated, while the long -term shooting stop would protect the Russian energy infrastructure and the Russian Black Sea attack from uninhabited Ukrainian vehicles attacks, which were very successful.

On Wednesday, for example, Ukrainian drones hit a colander in the Russian Krasnodar area. Last Friday, they destroyed four superficial missile systems to a plane on Russian soil; While the previous day, three drones arrived in Moscow.

Zelinski said that a Ukrainian drone had passed a 3000 km test (1860 miles) on Tuesday, indicating that Ukraine was aimed at deep strikes against weapons and arms factories in enemy lands.

The lack of such analogy in a partial ceasefire gives Ukraine any comfort or revenge for the ongoing Russian attacks on its soil.

The direct talks between Russia and the United States also thwarted Zelinski, which has unqualified support from former US President Joe Biden.

In a virtual meeting with NATO allies and the European Union on Saturday, Zellinski expressed his frustration that Trump was discussing European security guarantees with Putin.

“This is a very bad sign-taking into account the opinion of the Russians,” with regard to the leadership of Europe peacekeeping He said that strength is in Ukraine. “not so [Putin’s] He said that work to determine anything about Ukraine and Europe’s security.

Putin, on the other hand, seemed bullish when addressing the Russian Federation for Industrialists and Businessmen, who asked their leaders to get used to Western sanctions.

He said: “Only those countries that can guarantee real sovereignty, wide and remain flexible, in general and external pressures in particular, are able to progressive dynamic development in the interests of their peoples.”

Any ceasefire will be designed to lead to negotiations for long -term peace, but Russia or Ukraine baffled from its basic positions.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told an interview on Monday that Ukraine had to agree not to become part of NATO. Russia also demanded to withdraw from Ukraine from its four provinces that Russia has officially included partial and controls – Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporesia and Khairsson.

Andrei Yermak, head of the Zelinski office, said days after he was appointed to lead the Ukraine team negotiations on Friday that Ukraine will never recognize its occupied areas Croce.

The European Union also took a dark view of Putin’s intentions.

“Those conditions they provide show that Russia does not really want peace because it is presented as the conditions of all the final goals they wish to achieve from the war,” said Kaja Callas, head of the European Union’s foreign policy, at the beginning of the ministers meeting abroad with the opening.

Mike Walz, Trump’s national security adviser, said regional concessions will be part of a deal, while NATO membership in Ukraine was “very likely.”

“We can talk about what is right and wrong, and we can also talk about the reality of the situation on the ground,” Waltz said in an interview with ABC News on Sunday.

Russia gives the lands that it carries to paralyze the future defense of Ukraine, according to the Institute of War Study (ISW), a Washington -based research center.

“The current front lines do not provide the strategic depth that Ukraine will need to be reliably defense against the renewed Russian aggression,” ISW wrote.

“The Russian forces are located across the Dnibro River from the city [15 miles] From the city of Zaporizhzia, 30 km [20 miles] From the city of Kharkif. The Russian forces on the DNIPRO can use a ceasefire to prepare for the very difficult task of conducting an unlocked exhibition river crossing. “

He concluded that “Ukraine is likely to need a larger army with greater capabilities to play its decisive role in deterrence, and if necessary, the defeat of the aggression in the future”, while “the United States and Europe will probably need to provide military assistance to Ukraine faster, in much larger volumes, and for the highest cost.”

There was some good news for Ukraine during the past week.

Christian Democrats and Social Democrats in Germany issued a Bundestag resolution on Tuesday to create the Euro 500 billion ($ 546 billion) fund to spend on defense and infrastructure, and overcome a political tradition against a high deficit.

It still has to pass the upper parliament to Parliament.

Germany announced on Monday a new package of weapons and ammunition for Ukraine, which included IRIS-T missiles.

Also on Monday, the European Council said that Ukraine will soon receive about 3.5 billion euros ($ 3.8 billion) after the Council approved a third payment of grants and non -refundable loans to Kiev under the Ukraine facility, which supports rebuilding and modernization.