Czech President Petr Pavel has mentioned he left Odesa simply 20 minutes earlier than the primary explosions from the Russian assault on town. He had been visiting Odesa on 20 March.

Supply: Pavel throughout a press convention with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Pavel emphasised that it was a coincidence, as his go to had been scheduled in accordance with a deliberate time-frame.

"We had left Odesa by practice about 20 minutes earlier than the primary explosions have been heard… What I take out of it’s that one must be really cynical when declaring the desire to have a peace negotiation or negotiations on a ceasefire and on the similar time to launch a large assault on civilian infrastructure," Pavel mentioned.

He famous that given such assaults, "It's extraordinarily tough to take care of such a celebration".

"That's why I imagine that we have now to obviously level to those occasions to reveal how Russia approaches these talks. And we have now to be cautious about any potential settlement," he concluded.

Background:

• Pavel visited Odesa on the day when Russian forces launched a large-scale drone assault on town.
• The Czech president later remarked that such large-scale assaults, occurring as negotiations for a ceasefire and a possible peace settlement are beginning, don’t recommend that Moscow is severe about pursuing peace.
• Earlier, Katarína Mathernová, the EU Ambassador to Ukraine, condemned the Russian strikes, stating that they demonstrated what the peace promised by the Kremlin really seems like.

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