Rodion Miroshnik says a longer pause could be used by Kiev "to regroup, build fortifications, build up military capacity, and launch a new escalation" MOSCOW, April 11. /TASS/. Moscow is unlikely to grant Ukraine a ceasefire for a longer period, Russian Foreign Ministry’s Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik said. "It would hardly be in Russia’s interests to allow Ukraine to use a longer pause to regroup, build fortifications, build up military capacity, and launch a new escalation," he told