‘You didn’t understand well’. Moscow gave a response to Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski. The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Sakharova, He said that Ukraine had not realized what Vladimir Putin meant.

Zelenski said earlier that it was 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 Monday 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 even for a day. We expect from Russia to confirm a truce – full, constant and reliable – from tomorrow, May 12. “

However, Maria Sakharova made it clear that Putin means there must be negotiations first For the ‘main causes’ of the conflict, and only then Talks for ceasefire can be held.

For his part, the Russian Foreign Ministry ambassador, Rodion Mirikik, argued in the Telegram that Zelenski’s proposal to cease fire actually aims to re -arrange and reconstitute the Ukrainian army.

‘Talks based on the situation in the field’

Moscow appears unfaithful to its territorial profits in war. Kremlin’s foreign policy adviser, Yuri Usakov, He stated that the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, proposed by President 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.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced today that Ukraine has violated more than 14,000 times the three -day truce, which was completed yesterday.

“During the truce, Ukrainian armed forces They violated the truce 14,043 times ”, The Russian Ministry of Defense typically mentions.