Putin says he will not use trade routes to attack Odesa. This is the same Putin who told German Chancellor Scholz and French President Macron he would not attack Ukraine — days before launching a full-scale invasion of our country. We can not trust Putin, his words are empty.
Longterm peace will only be secured by Ukraine defeating and destroying Russia’s ability to mount future operations against it.
A forced armistice would give Russia time to regroup, re-arm, retrain, and re-invade.
Russia will never honor any agreement with Ukraine.