ロシアのプーチン大統領は21日、ウクライナが東部で続く親ロシア派武装勢力と政府軍の戦闘をめぐって発表した停戦計画を支持した。大統領は武装勢力とウクライナ軍に対し、全ての軍事作戦を停止するよう要請した。
ロシア政府は声明を発表、プーチン大統領が「敵対する勢力に対し、あらゆる軍事活動を停止し、交渉の席に着くよう呼び掛ける」と述べた。
声明によると、プーチン大統領はポロシェンコ大統領の停戦決定を支持した。 ポロシェンコ大統領は20日、政府軍に対し、１週間の一方的な停戦を命じた。大統領は停戦を和平計画の第1段階と位置付け、和平計画には親ロシア派の戦闘員への恩赦も盛り込んだ。
しかし、プーチン大統領は交渉開始に向けた行動が伴わなければ、停戦計画は「実行可能ではなく、非現実的」であると指摘した。
Putin welcomes Kiev’s ceasefire, calls for urgent dialogue with east ― RT News
Russian President Vladimir Putin has welcomed the ceasefire announced by Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko. However, for the plan to become “realistic,” Putin said both sides of the Ukrainian conflict must stop the fighting and sit down for talks.
Putin “supports” Poroshenko’s decision for a “cease fire in the south-eastern Ukraine, and his pronounced intention to take some concrete steps for achieving peaceful settlement,” a statement published on the Kremlin website said on Saturday.
With that, the Russian President notes the 15-point peace plan suggested by Poroshenko on Friday “will not be viable and realistic… without practical actions aimed at the start of the negotiations process.”
Putin called on both Kiev and anti-government forces to “halt any battle actions and sit down at the negotiating table.”
He also noted that the Friday incident, when a Russian checkpoint came under fire from the Ukrainian side after the ceasefire was announced was “unacceptable.”
Earlier on Saturday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow is concerned that the announcement of the peace plan for eastern Ukraine has coincided with Kiev ramping up its military activities in the region.
The fact that Poroshenko’s plan does not include negotiations is a “radical deviation” from the Geneva agreements on Ukraine, Lavrov added.
“Everyone will be watching the Western sponsors of the Kiev authorities, who took responsibility for the coup and for the preparation of the presidential elections that followed. Now this responsibility should probably be realized in some concrete steps, which will bring the situation back to the framework of the Geneva April 17 manifest and will allow for equitable dialog on constitutional reform and on resolving the crisis in general to be started with the participation of all the regions of Ukraine,” Lavrov said.
ロ大統領、ウクライナ停戦宣言支持-全当事者が軍事行動停止を - Bloomberg
ロシアのプーチン大統領はウクライナのポロシェンコ大統領が宣言した停戦を支持するとともに、すべての当事者が軍事行動を停止するよう求めた。同大統領は一方で、６万5000人強を戦闘態勢に置いている。
プーチン大統領はまた、今回の動きが親ロシア武装勢力への最後通告となってはならないと指摘。ウクライナ東部の問題で交渉に向けた建設的な措置がなければ、停戦は実現可能でも現実的でもないと述べた。
ロシアは当初、ウクライナの停戦宣言を拒んでいたが、欧州連合（ＥＵ）やドイツの当局者が21日に相次いでプーチン大統領に電話し、ウクライナの和平計画を支持するよう求めていた。
Putin Backs Cease-Fire in Ukraine; U.S. Expands Sanctions - Bloomberg
Poroshenko's Ukraine peace plan gets limited support from Putin | Reuters
While welcoming Poroshenko's truce, the Kremlin said Putin believed his peace plan should not be an "ultimatum" to the rebels and warned the ceasefire would not be "viable and realistic" unless there were practical moves to start talks between the opposing sides.
プーチン氏、和平計画支持 親ロシア派に妥協促す - 47NEWS（よんななニュース）
記者団に「全ての当事者が妥協を見いだし、ウクライナ南・東部住民が分かち難い国の一部と感じることができるよう、停戦に基づき対話を始めることが重要だ」と述べた。
