The president of the United States, Donald Trump, called Ukraine on Sunday to accept Russia’s sacrifice or direct conversations in Istanbul, saying that a face -to -face meeting is possible if peace was possible.
Ukraine said previously that he was ready to participate in the meeting, but only once the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, accepted a proposal of the 30 -day fire of kyiv and his allies.
Moscow and kyiv do not have heroes negotiations directly since March 2022, shortly after the Kremlin launched its large -scale invasion in February of that year.
Moments after Trump’s message, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said “he would wait for Putin in Türkiye on Thursday,” without saying if he would eat if Russia did not accept a truce.
“President Putin de Russia does not want to have a fire cessation agreement with Ukraine, but wants to meet in Thorsday, in Turkey, to negotiate a possible end of the bloodbath,” Trump Social Network wrote.
“Ukraine should agree with this, immediately,” he said.
Zelensky wrote in X later: “We expect a complete and durable fire, starting tomorrow, to provide the basics necessary for diplomacy.”
“It makes no sense to prolong the murders. And I will be waiting for Putin in [Turkey] Thursday. Personally. I hope that this time the Russians do not apologize. “
kyiv and his western allies have said that a high unconditional fire to falsify the fight is the only way to advance a diplomatic solution in the three -year conflict sausage in World War II.
The assault of Russia has resulted in the death of tens of thousands of people, the destruction of Ukrainian cities and a collapse in relations between Moscow and the West.
On a visit to kyiv on Saturday, the leaders of France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Poland pressed Russia, with Trump’s support, to commit to a high unconditional fire in Ukraine from Monday.
Zelensky’s Cabinet Chief Andriy Yermak, suggested that kyiv would only go to the table if Moscow agreed to high the fire from Monday.
“Russia must leave fire, then everything else. President Volodyymyr Zensky is ready to do everything to finish the war and wait for Putin on Thursday,” Yermak said.
“And what about Putin? Are you afraid? We’ll see,” he added.
Russian and Ukrainian officials in Istanbul in March 2022.
These conversations resulted in an aborted peace proposal by AUW that would have forced Kyiv to adopt neutral status and give up any ambition from NATO.
Since then, the communication channels only have their legs open for the exchanges of prisoners of war and bodies.
