Russia claims Ukraine would use “Olympic truce” for regrouping

Reuters reported the information.

Suspending hostilities under an "Olympic truce" is a time-honored practice, with Macron expressing his intent to pursue one during the Summer Games scheduled in Paris from July 26 to August 11.

When questioned about this, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov noted that both Vladimir Putin and the Russian military have observed Ukraine's tendency to use “such ideas, such initiatives to try to regroup, to try to rearm, and so on and so forth.”

“He did not cite any specific instance when Ukraine had behaved in that way. The war has raged since Feb. 24, 2022, when Putin launched what he called a ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine, and there has been no truce during that period,” the outlet noted.

While Peskov stopped short of dismissing the possibility of an Olympic truce, he emphasized that no official steps had been taken in that direction.

In an interview with French media, Macron pledged that France would exert every effort to broker peace in conflicts across Ukraine, Gaza, and Sudan. He also expressed intentions to engage with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the matter, seeking broader international support.