{"id":939824,"date":"2026-05-05T18:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/939824\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T18:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:02:17","slug":"germany-urges-russia-to-agree-to-ukraines-truce-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/939824\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany urges Russia to agree to Ukraine\u2019s truce proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" alt=\"Germany urges Russia to agree to Ukraine\u2019s truce proposal\" title=\"Germany urges Russia to agree to Ukraine\u2019s truce proposal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778002616.webp\" data-rjs=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Credit:  Raigo Pajula\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><strong>German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has called on Russia to accept Ukraine\u2019s proposed ceasefire, set to begin the night of May 5\u20136, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a> reports, citing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurointegration.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2026\/05\/5\/7236940\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">European Pravda.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On 4 May, Russia&#8217;s Defence Ministry unilaterally announced a &#8220;truce&#8221; for 8-9 May, when Russia marks Victory Day, commemorating the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded by declaring a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/news\/zelensky-vs-putin-rival-ceasefires-declared-ahead-of-may-9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ceasefire<\/a> starting on 6 May.<\/p>\n<p>Wadephul noted Ukraine&#8217;s willingness to agree to an immediate ceasefire and urged Russia to accept the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Zelenskyy has once again proved that Ukraine is willing to have an immediate ceasefire and negotiations. I therefore call on Russia to accept Ukraine&#8217;s proposal and begin a ceasefire as early as tonight,&#8221; Wadephul wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna has called on Russia to show that it is serious about the ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump said he proposed a &#8220;little bit of a ceasefire&#8221; to Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin during their phone call on 29 April.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"by-user\" href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/journalists\/ulviyya-salmanli\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">By Ulviyya Salmanli<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Raigo Pajula\/AFP via Getty Images German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has called on Russia to accept Ukraine\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":939825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7654],"tags":[62072,2000,299,1824,29135,332,30552,657],"class_list":["post-939824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ukraine","tag-ceasefire-proposal","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-germany","tag-johann-wadephul","tag-russia","tag-truce","tag-ukraine"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116523286457038018","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/939825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}