According to a CNN report, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia is ready for ‘direct talks’ with Ukraine. Development presses for a ceasefire as the US and European leaders.
According to CNN, President Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed to organize “direct talks” with Ukraine on Thursday in Istanbul.
Putin said in a late night television address, “We would like to immediately start immediately next Thursday, in Istanbul, where they were first and where they were held earlier.” He insisted that the talks should be “held” without any pre -condition “, as reported by CNN.
Putin said, “We are set to serious interaction with Ukraine,” they say “they are” to eliminate the root causes of struggle “and” to reach the establishment of a long -term, sustainable peace “.
According to CNN, the proposal came a few hours later of the leaders of German leaders, France, United Kingdom and Poland, standing with Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelanski in Keev and Putin urged Putin to agree to the 30-day ceasefire or “large scale” to face a large scale “large-scale”.
CNN reported that Ukraine and Russia have not talked directly since the struggle began in 2022. Putin said on Sunday that he would talk about interacting with Kiev with Turkish President Recep Taip Erdogan.
CNN reported that Putin said the proposed negotiations “the first step for a long -lasting stable peace, but the Ukrainian armed forces do not have a preface for the continuity of an armed conflict after the re -armed struggle and have excavated trenches in the new Strongolds.”
Earlier on Thursday, in a post on Truth Social, US President Donald Trump said, “If the ceasefire is not respected, the US and its companions will implement further sanctions”.
According to CNN, the US President has ended the war in Ukraine, one of his priorities. His special messenger, Steve Vitcoff had visited Russia several times in Russia, holding meetings between the US and Russian officials between several other high-level meetings, as Trump returned to the White House in January. (AI)