Zelenskiy says he will ask US to relay Easter energy truce offer to Russia

If it worked like that, half the wars in history would’ve been ‘accidentally’ solved in an hour.

I understand the frustration, but geopolitics isn’t that straightforward. Even when things look stuck, there are still multiple layers of diplomacy and strategy happening behind the scenes.

Amidst the noise of the iran war, i imagine Ukraine will still be trying to to garner as much support as possible, therefore attempted peace talks allow Russia to further decrease its public opinion when it ultimatly breaks its truces. Ukraine are familiar with the russian strategy now so there will be no "surprise" attack. Only what is perceived by the rest of the world. At this point its all just the propaganda machine in work, whether that be propaganda from countries you support or countries you dont. Every newsline about war has an angle.

True, past ceasefire attempts have often broken down. That’s why any partial truce usually comes with verification mechanisms, but those are hard to enforce in an active conflict.

I wonder if this means Ukraine has a pretty nasty attack prepped for when Russia breaks the truce. One can hope

I get why it looks like optics, but these kinds of proposals are usually tested through diplomacy first. Even if compliance is uncertain, it’s still part of the process of trying to reduce escalation in specific areas like energy infrastructure.

Yeah, there have been strikes on energy infrastructure from both sides at different points. That’s exactly why any ‘truce’ around energy assets is so complicated,both sides see them as strategic targets, not just civilian infrastructure.

That's why this is happening. Other countries don't appreciate it because it makes the crisis even worse, and are putting pressure on them to stop hitting Russian export capacity. Nothing is going to come from this.