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Zelenskyy slams Putin for no-show astatine talks
Russian drone strikes continued successful Ukraine, sidesplitting 9 people, officials said, arsenic the Vatican renewed its connection to assistance the 2 sides successful efforts to scope a bid agreement.
The strikes – and renewed connection from the Vatican – travel hours aft Moscow and Kyiv had held their archetypal nonstop bid talks successful years that failed to output a ceasefire. Russian and Ukrainian officials met Friday successful Istanbul successful an effort to scope a impermanent ceasefire, but the talks ended aft little than 2 hours without a breakthrough - arsenic they remained acold isolated connected cardinal conditions for ending the warring and Putin was a no-show.
It was the archetypal face-to-face dialog betwixt the 2 sides since the aboriginal weeks of Moscow's February 2022 full-scale penetration of Ukraine.
Zelenskyy said helium had discussed the result of the Istanbul talks with U.S. President Donald Trump and the leaders of France, Germany, Britain and Poland.
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - Ukrainian, American and Russian delegates conscionable for bid talks astatine the bureau of Turkish President successful Dolmabahce Palace.
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The "bloodbath" continues
President Trump said connected societal media Saturday that helium plans to talk to Putin connected Monday. "The subjects of the telephone volition be, stopping the 'bloodbath" that is killing, connected average, much than 5000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers a week, and trade," Mr. Trump wrote successful each superior letters, adding helium would talk to President Zelenskyy and members of NATO aft his telephone with Putin.
On Saturday, the bloodbath continued, arsenic Ukrainian officials said a Russian drone deed a autobus evacuating civilians from a front-line country successful Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region, sidesplitting 9 people.
Seven radical were besides injured successful the onslaught successful Bilopillia, a municipality astir 6 miles from Russia's border, 3 of them seriously, according to section Gov. Oleh Hryhorov and Ukraine's nationalist police. The Associated Press couldn't independently verify the report. There was nary remark from Moscow.
SUMY, UKRAINE - MAY 17: Emergency officers transportation retired rescue operations aft a Russian onslaught connected a van successful the Bilopillia metropolis of Sumy Oblast resulted successful the decease of astatine slightest 9 civilians and the wounded of 7 others.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the onslaught arsenic "deliberate sidesplitting of civilians," adding successful a station connected Telegram messaging app that "Russians could scarcely not recognize what benignant of conveyance they were hitting."
He lamented the missed accidental from Friday's bid talks, saying that "Ukraine has agelong projected this - a afloat and unconditional ceasefire successful bid to prevention lives."
"Russia lone retains the quality to proceed killing," Zelenskyy added.
Vatican renews connection to help
The Vatican caput of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, repeated the Vatican's connection to service arsenic a venue for nonstop talks, saying the nonaccomplishment of negotiations successful Istanbul to scope a ceasefire this week was "tragic."
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was successful Rome connected Saturday and helium told reporters earlier gathering with Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, the Vatican constituent antheral connected Ukraine, helium would beryllium discussing imaginable ways the Vatican could help.
Asked if the Vatican could beryllium a bid broker, Rubio replied: "I wouldn't telephone it broker, but it's surely - I deliberation it's a spot that some sides would beryllium comfy going."
"So we'll speech astir each of that and evidently ever grateful to the Vatican for their willingness to play this constructive and affirmative role," said Rubio, who besides met Saturday with the Vatican caput of authorities and overseas minister.
VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - 2025/05/11: Pope Leo XIV leads his archetypal Regina Caeli supplication from the Central Loggia of St. Peter's Basilica astatine the Vatican.
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Spokesperson Tammy Bruce said successful a connection that Secretary Rubio met with the Cardinal to sermon the urgent request to extremity the Russia-Ukraine war. "He emphasized the value of continued collaboration nether the caller enactment of Pope Leo XIV," the connection said.
Leo, who was elected history's archetypal American pope connected May 8, took up Francis' telephone for bid successful Ukraine successful his archetypal Sunday noon blessing arsenic pope. He appealed for each sides to bash immoderate imaginable to scope "an authentic, conscionable and lasting peace."
As a bishop successful Peru, Leo had called Russia's warfare an "imperialist invasion," vowed this week personally to "make each effort truthful that this bid whitethorn prevail."
In a code to eastbound rite Catholics, including the Greek Catholic Church of Ukraine, Leo begged warring sides to conscionable and negotiate.
"The Holy See is ever acceptable to assistance bring enemies together, look to face, to speech to 1 another, truthful that peoples everyplace whitethorn erstwhile much find anticipation and retrieve the dignity they deserve, the dignity of peace," helium said.
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