India, March 14 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for allegedly manipulating a ceasefire deal between the two countries by proposing conditions that will delay its progress.

In a post on X, Zelensky claimed, "Right now, we have all heard from Russia Putin's highly predictable and manipulative words in response to the idea of a ceasefire on the front lines-at this moment he is, in fact, preparing to reject it."

Putin had released a statement earlier, where he said that he was willing to commit to the ceasefire proposal suggested by the US but required certain changes to be made.

In his statement, he had thanked key allies such US President Donald Trump and India's prime minister Narendr...