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Christmas truce for Ukraine
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen In a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin, the Hungarian head of government Viktor Orbán - who is still EU Council President until the end of the year - has reportedly proposed a ceasefire in the Ukraine war and a large-scale prisoner exchange for Christmas. Whether this has actually been rejected by Kiev, as reported by a Kremlin spokesperson, or whether Orbán has simply not agreed this with the Ukrainian leadership, as Kiev claims, is currently uncertain.
ON THE ONE HAND, it is common knowledge that Viktor Orbán's peace initiatives for Ukraine by no means have the general approval of the European state chancelleries.
ON THE OTHER hand, such a Christmas truce in the third year of war would be highly desirable for Ukraine. This war has already claimed more than a million victims and every week there are more than 10,000 dead or wounded, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told us recently.
Fortunately, international talks to end the war in Ukraine seem to be taking place in the background at the moment anyway. And as martial as the verbal assurances of EU leaders in favor of further support for Kiev may sound, in terms of realpolitik it will probably depend on the actions of future US President Donald Trump. And he really does seem to want peace.
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