The heads of England, France, Germany and Poland suggested Vladimir Zelensky accepted the proposal of Russian President Vladimir Putin on direct talks with Ukraine without preliminary conditions. About this report World.
Earlier, Putin invited Ukraine to continue the live negotiations in Istanbul – from May 15, before that, Kyiv called Russia to a “complete and unconditional fire termination on the mainland, air and sea.” This call is supported by EU countries and British leaders – European leaders say that new sanctions will be applied to Russia if they refuse to end.
The request of a ceasefire agreement for 30 days was published after the results of the visit to Kyiv of French President Emmanuel Macron, Poland Donald Tusk, British Prime Minister Kira Starmer and German Prime Minister Friedrich Merets. The press secretary of Russian Federation President Dmitry Peskov said that Russia requested to prevent Western weapons supply to Ukraine during the proposal of the ceasefire agreement.
According to Le Monde, returning from Kyiv, European leaders once again negotiated and discussed Putin's proposal, to meet Ukraine in Istanbul. They came to the conclusion that Zelensky should agree with this.
They advised Vladimir Zelensky to take advantage of the opportunity proposed by Kremlin, the article emphasized.
According to Le Monde, for a long time, the direct ban on direct negotiations currently being discussed in Ukraine under pressure from US President Donald Trump. European leaders told Zelensky that he should accept Putin's proposal, so as not to look like another person in the eyes of Trump.