Key Takeaways from the ISW:
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed extending Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 30-hour unilateral truce on Russian military operations in Ukraine to a complete and unconditional 30-day ceasefire.
- US officials are reportedly growing frustrated with the Kremlin’s rejections of US proposals to end the war in Ukraine.
- Ukraine and Russia conducted the largest prisoner of war (POW) exchange on April 19 since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
- Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Pokrovsk, and Russian forces recently advanced near Toretsk and Pokrovsk.
Authors: Olivia Gibson, Grace Mappes, Davit Gasparyan, Nicole Wolkov, Daria Novikov, Angelica Evans, and Frederick W. Kagan with William Runkel.
See the original here.