The Irish Times view on the partial ceasefire in Ukraine: a deal in name only

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It is hardly more than a partial ceasefire, barely a wind-down in military exchanges. It is certainly not the delivery of Donald Trump’s promise of instant peace in Ukraine. The US president claimed there had been a “very good and productive” two-and-a-half-hour phone call on Tuesday with Russian president Vladimir Putin, that a “contract for peace” was on course and the “process” for a settlement was “in full force”. Unfortunately, this appears to be a gross overstatement of reality. The two sides endorsed only a limited 30-day truce on attacking energy and infrastructure assets, followed by technical negotiations on a...