High flight weekend in Ukraine. The call to Donald Trump of the president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, together with the leaders of France, Emmanuel Macron; United Kingdom, Keir Starmer; Germany, Friedrich Merz, and Poland, Donald Tusk, from kyiv, has opened a possibility to the negotiation with Russia.
The Ukrainian president was the first to raise a proposal to the Kremlin this Saturday and formalized his intention to apply a high fire by land, sea and air as of Monday, May 12. An initiative backed by European leaders who traveled to kyiv and by the president of the United States.
But the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has tried to raise the bet this Sunday. At a surprise press conference, without questions, he wanted to send a clear message to Zelenski. Wants “resume direct negotiations without any previous condition“.
The Kremlin leader wants to “start them without delay, already next Thursday, May 15, in Istanbul.” “We are determined to serious negotiations with Ukraine. His meaning lies in eliminating the original causes of the conflict, achieving lasting and solid long -term peace,” he said.
A “positive signal”, but claims a high fire
Zelenski’s reaction has not been waiting and a few hours later he has insisted that before sitting at a neutral ground negotiation table, hostilities need to be stopped.
The president of Ukraine considers “A positive signal“That” the Russians have finally begun to stand with the war. “” There are no reasons to continue killing a single day, “he warned.
According to the Ukrainian president, “everyone” has been waiting “a long time“That Moscow considers to cease the conflict, although he has pointed out that” the first step to end any war is a high fire “, implying that without him there will be no negotiation in Istanbul.
The Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andri Sibiga, also hopes that Putin’s message, in which Zelenski sees a “positive sign”, translates into “concrete steps“To culminate the clashes, for which he has returned to claim a high fire of 30 days.
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