Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that Russia is prepared for ‘direct talks’ with Ukraine, in keeping with a report by CNN. The event comes because the US and European leaders press for a ceasefire.
As per CNN, President Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed holding “direct talks” with Ukraine on Thursday in Istanbul.
“We wish to begin instantly, already subsequent Thursday, Might 15, in Istanbul, the place they have been held earlier than and the place they have been interrupted,” Putin stated in a late-night televised handle. He emphasised the talks needs to be held “with none preconditions”, as reported by CNN.
“We’re set on critical negotiations with Ukraine,” Putin stated, including they’re supposed to “remove the foundation causes of the battle” and “attain the institution of a long-term, sturdy peace.”
In line with CNN, the proposal got here simply hours after the leaders of Germany, France, the UK and Poland stood alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv and urged Putin to conform to a 30-day ceasefire beginning on Monday or face doable “large sanctions,” in keeping with French President Emmanuel Macron.
CNN reported that Ukraine and Russia haven’t held direct talks for the reason that battle started in 2022. Putin stated Sunday he would converse with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about holding talks with Kyiv.
CNN reported that Putin referred to as the proposed talks “a primary step to a long-lasting secure peace however not a prologue to the continuation of an armed battle after re-armament and re-equipping of Ukrainian armed forces and feverish digging of trenches in new strongholds.”
Earlier on Thursday, in a put up on Fact Social, US President Donald Trump stated, “if the ceasefire isn’t revered, the US and its companions will impose additional sanctions”.
As per CNN, the US President has made ending the conflict in Ukraine one in every of his priorities. His particular envoy, Steve Witkoff went to Russia a number of instances to carry conferences between a number of different high-level conferences between US and Russian officers since Trump returned to the White Home in January.