“Hope Putin Isn’t Lying This Time”, Says German Envoy on Russian Armistice Walter J Lindner

The Russian military on Monday announced a ceasefire in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and three other major cities to open humanitarian corridors. In addition to Kyiv, Russian forces will open fire in Kharkiv, Mariupol and Sumy, which are reported to have the maximum concentration of civilians, including Indians.

India Today Deputy Editor Paulomi Saha in an exclusive interview with the German Ambassador to India Walter J. Spoke to Lindner. “They [Russian peacekeepers] Bombs bring destruction, bring death. It’s all a big sequence of lies,” he said.