On May 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested direct discussions with Ukraine in Istanbul, “without conditions”, an offer that asked for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in response to Ukraine and its allied Moscow.
Putin referred to the unsuccessful peace talks of 2022, which took place in the first month of the full invasion of Moscow in Istanbul, and suggested “restart” them in the early hours of Sunday without conditions in the reporters.
Putin’s proposal came after the leaders from four large European countries threatened to print on Moscow if there was no unconditional 30-day armistice in Ukraine, which they had offered on Saturday in a strong unit with Kyiv.
The leaders of France, Great Britain, Germany and Poland said their proposal for a ceasefire at the start on Monday was supported by US President Donald Trump, whom they had informed about the phone earlier a day.
Putin did not address this latest Ceasefire proposal in comments on Sunday, even when the spokesman for Kremlin Dmitry Peskov CNN previously announced that Moscow had to take him into account.
Russia’s own one -sided three -day ceasefire, which was declared on Saturday on the 80th anniversary of the Nazi Germany on Saturday, and the Ukraine says that the Russian armed forces have repeatedly violated him. In March, the United States proposed an immediate, limited 30-day ceasefire that Ukraine accepted, but the Kremlin had more affected according to conditions.
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who spoke to reporters in addition to the European leaders in Kyiv, described her meeting as a “very important signal”.
In a joint explanation published on the official Zelenskyy website, the five guides called for a ceasefire from Monday that lasted at least 30 days to make room for a diplomatic advance to end the war.
“An unconditional ceasefire by definition cannot be subject to conditions. If Russia demands such conditions, this can only be regarded as efforts to extend the war and undermine diplomacy,” the explanation says.
French President Emmanuel Macron said that the United States would take the lead in monitoring the proposed ceasefire with the support of European countries and “massive sanctions … prepared and coordinated, between Europeans and Americans”, Russia should violate the ceasefire.
Macron traveled to Kyiv with the British Prime Minister Keir Starrer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
“This is Europe that rises and shows our solidarity with Ukraine,” said Starrer.
The retired lieutenant general Keith Kellogg, Trump’s special representative in Ukraine, said on Saturday that a “comprehensive” 30-day ceasefire, which covers attacks from air, land, sea and infrastructure, will begin the process for the end of the largest and longest war in Europe since the Second World War “.
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In the meantime, Putin performed a number of bilateral conversations with foreign civil servants on Saturday who had participated in Moscow’s own celebrations that marked the defeat of the Nazi Germany in order to isolate the failure of the West to isolate it on the global stage. Putin’s interlocutor belonged to Lam, Secretary General of the Vietnam Communist Party and the leaders of Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso and the Palestinian authority.
Europe threatens more sanctions
The progress in the termination of the Three Year War in the months since Trump returned to the White House seemed to be difficult to grasp, and his earlier claims about upcoming breakthroughs have not been used. Trump previously urged Ukraine to stop Russia to end the war and threaten to go away when a deal becomes too difficult.
Since the beginning of the talks imparted by the USA, Russia has maintained the attacks on the front line of around 1,000 kilometers, including fatal strikes in residential areas without obvious military goals.
The European heads of state and government threatened to improve sanctions, including Russia energy and banking sector if Putin did not meet the armistice.
The priority was to make it too expensive for Russia to continue to fight in Ukraine, said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.
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When asked how the surveillance mechanism would work, Sybiha told the Associated Press that the details were still discussed.
Merz dealt with skepticism as to whether new sanctions against Moscow, what has been able to do so far, continued to fight in the war, and said: “Almost all Member States of the European Union and a large coalition of the will around the world are determined to enforce these sanctions, even if our initiative of the weekend should fail.”
The leaders also discussed security guarantees for Ukraine.
The structure of Kyiv’s military skills will be an important deterrent to Russia and require that Ukraine provide robust amounts of weapons to prevent future attacks and invest in the defense sector. A force consisting of foreign troops could also be used as an additional “calming”, said Macron.
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He said details about potential European missions in Ukraine were still finely coordinated. NATO membership was not mentioned, still Kyiv’s top choice for a security guarantee.
On Saturday, the European leaders of a ceremony joined the Kyiv Independence Square, which marked the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. They lit candles together with Zelenskyy in a temporary flag -male for fallen Ukrainian soldiers and civilians who have been killed since the invasion of Russia.
Russian attacks continue
The Russian shelling in the Ukrainian region of North -Sumy last day killed three inhabitants and wounded four more, the local officials said. Another civilian died on Saturday when a Russian drone hit the southern city of Kherson, according to the regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin.
The US message in Kyiv warned on Friday of a “potentially significant” Russian air raid in the coming days without giving details.
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The Ukrainian telegram channels combined the warning of the message with reports on an upcoming flight ban from Moscow via the capustine Yar Military Training and Rocket Start Complex. A similar flight ban was preceded by the strike in November. There was no immediate comment from Russian officials.
Trump said last week that he doubts that Putin would like to end his war in Ukraine, and express new skepticism that a peace agreement can soon be achieved and indicated further sanctions against Russia.
The European allies of Ukraine consider their fate as fundamental to the security of the continent, and the pressure now takes up to find paths to support Kyiv militarily, regardless of whether Trump is pulling out.
