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00:00And just in terms of, you know, the other latest developments of the last couple of days, I mean, there was this Easter truce.
00:06And I'm wondering if you think that was a positive step or, as some people would argue, a bit of a marketing gimmick.
00:12Well, it doesn't seem to have been a huge success taken at face value.
00:18It seemed like a reasonable thing to suggest at an important time in the annual calendar, namely Easter.
00:24But it would appear that it has been characterized by many ceasefire violations.
00:30And therefore, it probably should be regarded as something of a marketing gimmick and something that didn't really have much substance to it.
00:41You could actually be rather more malign about it and say that it was something that the Kremlin suggested and then would then criticize Kiev and the Ukrainians for breaking.
00:52In other words, putting the Russians, in their eyes, certainly on the moral high ground.
00:56So I think one shouldn't attach too much to this apparent 30-hour ceasefire.
01:02What is more interesting is to see whether there is some substance to a potential dialogue between the Kremlin and Kiev now.