The Russian Defense Ministry justified its threat by citing a purported statement from Volodymyr Zelensky at the European Political Community summit in Yerevan regarding potential drone strikes on Moscow.
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The Russian Defense Ministry grounded its threat in a statement attributed to Volodymyr Zelensky, claiming he said Ukraine could strike Moscow with drones on May 9.
Video of Zelensky's remarks later emerged showing he actually said that Russia's decision to hold a parade without military hardware would be the first time in many years they could not afford such hardware.
Fico shared a photo of himself, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, captioned: 'Three musketeers are waiting for the fourth and the revival of V4 (Visegrad Four).'
Zelensky described the one-day ceasefire proposal as frivolous.
There was no dialogue with Ukrainian authorities regarding the Russian truce proposal.
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