Sunday (11), Russian president Vladimir Putin proposed “direct” and “pre-trial” negotiations between Russia and Ukraine on Thursday 15 May in Istanbul, postponing any possibility of establishing the ceased the fire required by Kiev’s allies the day before:
Sunday (11), Russian president Vladimir Putin proposed “direct” and “pre-trial” negotiations between Russia and Ukraine on Thursday 15 May in Istanbul, postponing any possibility of establishing the ceased the fire required by Kiev’s allies the day before:
In a rare demonstration of western unit, Ukraine and its European allies, together with the United States, emitted a Moscow ultimatum on Saturday to accept a complete and unconditional fire of 30 days from Monday, otherwise Russia has to face new “massive penalties”.
Without referring directly to this proposal, the Russian president criticized the Europeans for the treatment of Russia “rudely and with Ultimate” and said that every possible respite should have been part of the “direct” conversations with Kiev.
“Russia is ready for negotiations without any preview (….). We propose to start next Thursday 15 May in Istanbul,” Putin said to the press on Saturday evening at the Kremlin. He added that he would meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the next few hours. The latter, in regular contact with the Russian, offered on several occasions to host peace conversations. Turkey, a NATO member, played a mediation role in 2022 in the conclusion of an agreement that allowed the export of Ukrainian cereal from the Black Sea, which Russia subsequently abandoned.
Vladimir Putin did not “exclude” the idea of ​​a ceased the fire discussed in conversations with Kiev, but stressed that these discussions must focus on the “fundamental causes of the conflict” – which described as a “war”, although the Russian authorities rejected this term – “from a historical perspective”. Moscow justified the launch of its large -scale offensive in February 2022 with the desire to “disadvantage” Ukraine, whose army currently occupies about 20% of its territory and to oppose its approach to the West and the reinforcement of born near its borders.
Putin wants to “earn time”
Although Donald Trump’s movements, from his return to the White House, indicate approximation with Vladimir Putin, Moscow has so far rejected the requests for ceased the fire. The Kremlin was happy to unilaterally declare a three -day truce for the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Nazi Germany, which ended on Saturday evening after being marked by accusations of violations on both sides. After the cessation of the truce decreed by Moscow, the warnings of air attacks played in many Ukrainian regions, including Kiev.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was driven by the American for accepting to negotiate with Moscow from his inauguration in February. Zelensky had said Thursday after a connection with Trump, that his country was “ready” to conduct “all the negotiation formats” with Moscow, but Russia should have first established a fire.
On Sunday morning, the French head of state, Emmanuel Macron, described the Russian proposal as “an insufficient first step (…), observing the” desire for Vladimir Putin to earn time “. “Furthermore, I think this is unacceptable for Ukrainians, because they cannot accept parallel discussions while they continue to be bombarded,” the French president insisted on the train in the Polish city of Polzemysl on the return of his journey to Ukraine, where he was accompanied by the leaders of Germany Fridrich Merz, Great Bretanza, British, Keir Stmeerer, Poland, Poland, Poland, Poland, Poland. Poland, Poland, Tusk.
Military help in Kiev
During this visit, according to the French president, about 20 member countries of a “faces coalition”, who exchanged opinions with the video conferences in Kiev with leaders around Zelensky, “decided to support a ceasefire” for 30 days “, mainly monitored by the United States of America” ​​and “All Europeans will contribute”.
If Russia refuses this ceased the fire or accepts it, but Violegge has been agreed that “the enormous sanctions would have been prepared and coordinated between Europeans and Americans”, he added. Volodymyr Zelensky and the four Europeans called Donald Trump to inform him about the results of his conversations.
Friedrich Merz spoke of the continuation of “huge help” in Kiev in the absence of a Kremlin reaction and said that the Russian war in Ukraine “aims to destroy the entire European political order”.
The American Embassy in Ukraine warned, on Friday (9), on the risk of a large Russian “plane strike” in the coming days.
(With AFP)
Source: Terra
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