Putin says Russia is “committed” to restore talks with Kyiv, as suggested at the beginning of May 15
President Vladimir Putin from Russia said early on Sunday that his country is committed to returning direct talks with Kiev about ending their war, and suggested that the following discussions begin on May 15 in Türkiye.
He said that he was scheduled to speak to the President of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, later on Sunday, in the hope of talking next week in Istanbul. He said that there will be no prior conditions on the part of Russia.
Putin said that Ukraine has moved away from such talks in the past and broke the ceasefire agreements, although both sides were blamed in the attacks during the last three stops. He used the language that expressed his desire for serious conversations with long -term consequences, including long -term peace.
Putin’s comments came on the last day of the three -day ceasefire, announced by Russia, and after UK leaders from the United Kingdom, France, Poland and Germany threatened to increase sanctions against the nation if the unconditional ceasefire was not accepted for 30 days on Monday.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, UK Prime Minister Kiir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Mirz submitted the demand for unconditional ceasefire at a press conference, which included more than 30 countries that pledged to strengthen Ukraine. They also joined Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinski in a memorial to the Ukrainian soldiers who fell in the field of independence in Kiev, Ukraine, on Saturday.
The leaders said the suggestion to start the ceasefire was supported by US President Donald Trump, who briefed them on the phone earlier in the day.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The ceasefire aims to impose a fight on fighting on the ground, sea and air. The world leaders’ offer to force came amid escalating efforts to persuade Moscow to agree to a truce that would allow peace talks about the end of more than three years of war.
Retired Lieutenant General Keith Kelog, Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine, He said on x On Saturday, the ceasefire can “may start the process of ending the largest and longest war in Europe since World War II.”
Kelog has recruited a quote from Trump-“the killing now”-to support his own statement to support the ceasefire for 30 days.
Putin has previously said that he wanted Ukraine to withdraw from four regions – Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaburizia, and Khairsson – which illegally included Russia after a period of Ukraine invaded in February 2022. He also insisted that Ukraine promised NATO’s lack of wreckage, and accepting values on the size of the army.
Last week, Putin said that Russia has sufficient power and resources to take war in Ukraine to its logical end, although it was hoped that there was no need to use nuclear weapons.
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