In a new open intervention with spikes for Ukraine’s stance on Sunday was made on Sunday Donald Trump. The US president said he is starting to doubt that Kiev will reach an agreement with Russia and called on Ukraine leadership To attend negotiations with Russian officials on Thursday in Istanbul.

‘I start to doubt that the Ukraine will make a deal with Putin, “Trump wrote in Truth Social. “President Putin does not want to have a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine, but wants to meet on Thursday in Turkey to negotiate a possible end to blood bath,” the US president said in his message.

Trump stressed that the meeting in Constantinople would mean that the two parties, as well as European leaders and the US, would then be able to “be able to determine whether or not a deal is possible”.

Ping pong of statements and different approaches from Ukraine-Russia

In the past few hours there was a table tennis of statements between Russia and Ukraine, with diametrically opposed approaches. Following the diplomatic movement of the European “willing”, Vladimir Putin called Ukraine to direct contacts on Thursday in Constantinople, but avoids reporting on unconditional fire for 30 days, as proposed by European leaders after the meeting.

Volodimir Zelenski raised the glove and said he would say “yes” in direct talks with Moscow, only if the Kremlin responded positively to the unconditional ceasefire proposal.

Moscow’s reaction to Zelenski statements

‘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.