Kyiv still has not received an answer from Moscow over whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel for potential peace talks in Turkey, a Ukrainian official told AFP on Wednesday, hours before Moscow said they were due to start.
“President Zelensky made this offer for a Thursday meeting back on Sunday, three days ago,” the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said. “As of Wednesday afternoon, we still haven’t got any response from Putin.”
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Pro-Ukrainian European leaders in Kyiv on Saturday, May 10, in support for Ukraine, threatened to increase sanctions and economic pressure on Moscow if it failed to agree to a 30-day unconditional ceasefire on Monday, May 12.
However, this strategy was thrown a curveball when the next day, Sunday, May 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin called for direct negotiations rather than a ceasefire, and US President Donald Trump urged Zelensky to attend a proposed meeting in Turkey on Thursday, May 15 – one which Putin hasn’t yet confirmed he would attend himself.
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