Zelenskyy rules out ceasefire with Russia – saying Moscow would use it to rearm

Estonia’s President Alar Karis, left, welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Tallinn, Estonia, on Thursday (Raigo Pajula/Office of the President of the Republic of Estonia via AP)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ruled out a ceasefire in his country’s war with Russia, saying the Kremlin’s forces would use the pause to rearm and regroup before overwhelming Kyiv’s troops.

“A pause on the Ukrainian battlefield will not mean a pause in the war,” he said during a visit to Estonia.