Moscow appears in terms of its territorial profits in war. Kremlin’s foreign policy adviser, Yuri Usakov, He said on Sunday that the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, proposed by President Vladimir Putin, would take into account “The situation in the field”as well as the negotiations of 2022, the Interfax News Agency broadcast.

Vladimir Putin suggested on Sunday direct conversations with Ukraine On May 15 in Istanbul.

Russia occupied Crimea in 2014, and a significant portion of eastern Ukrainian territories after Invasion of February 22, 2022, and says it will maintain its territorial profits.

Vladimir Putin sent Emmanuel Macron to his immediate response, demonstrating the West’s mistrust of his diplomatic maneuvering. The direct negotiations proposed by the Russian president between Russia and Ukraine in response to the “unconditional” truce demanding Kiev and his allies are ‘A first move, but not enough’, The French president said today.

‘Of unconditional truce do not precede negotiations, by definition’, Macron clarified by speaking to reporters after getting off the train to Paetima, Poland, returning from Kiev.

“Positive sign”

For his part, the president of Ukraine Volodimir Zelenski He said on Sunday that it is a positive sign that Russia has begun considering the possibility of ending the war, but that the first step in this direction is the start of a ceasefire On May 12th.

“It is a positive sign that the Russians have finally begun to consider the possibility of ending the war … and the first step towards the real end of any war is the ceasefire,” Zelenski told X.

“It makes no sense to continue killing for a day. We expect from Russia to confirm a truce – full, constant and reliable – from tomorrow, May 12. “

The Russian president proposed a “direct” and “without prerequisite” negotiations between Moscow and Kiev on May 15 in Istanbul, rejecting the West’s ultimatum for complete and unconditional 30 days ceasefire.

“It was not Russia that interrupted the negotiations in 2022. It was Kiev. Nevertheless, we suggest in Kiev to repeat direct negotiations without prerequisites’, Putin supported representatives of the press in the Kremlin.

“We propose at the beginning of Kiev’s repetition of negotiations from Thursday in Constantinople,” the Kremlin’s strong man said, informing that he will talk with the Turkish president in the coming hours. Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

He stressed that talks should focus on the “deeper causes of the conflict” that has been going on for more than three years, but did not rule out that they could lead to a truce.

“A GREAT Week is coming!”

Following the “big progress” in talks between US and Chinese officials in Geneva and his intervention to stop the Indopakistani hostilities (with the tension between the two sides not extinguished) by US President Donald Trump.

“A GREAT Week is coming!” The US president is typically mentioned in Truth Social.

The Trump Post:

“A potentially great day for Russia and Ukraine! Think of the hundreds of thousands of lives that will be saved as this endless “blood bath” we hope will come to an end. It will be a completely young, and much better, world. I will continue to work with both sides to ensure that this is happening. The US wants to focus on reconstruction and trade instead. A GREAT Week is coming! “

Russian air attack on Kiev

However, despite Putin’s reports, the war seems to continue: Kiev mayor announced that Ukraine’s anti -aircraft defense units are trying to repel Russian air attack on the capital, shortly after the Ukrainian Air Force.

Russia fired More than 100 drones Ukraine overnight, shortly after the end of the three -day truce that Russia had unilaterally declared, which the two countries were accused of violating it, the Ukrainian Air Force said today.

“On the night of May 11 (from 02:00) the enemy attacked 108 drones shahad and other types of drones”he pointed out the announcement, in which the Air Force added that it rejected 60 of them.

Earlier, the mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitsko, had stated that Ukraine’s anti -aircraft defense units were trying to repel Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital.

The warning sirens sounded in Kyiv and Klitsko called on the city’s residents to go to the shelters.

The attack was launched for a few hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed direct talks with Ukraine on May 15 in Istanbul, which should have, he said, to achieve peace with duration.