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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy connected Sunday welcomed Russia's connection for nonstop bid talks, but insisted determination indispensable beryllium a full, impermanent ceasefire successful spot earlier negotiations tin start.
Zelenskyy, writing connected X, said it was a "positive motion that the Russians person yet begun to consider" ending the struggle and said that "the full satellite has been waiting for this for a precise agelong time."
He added, however, that "the precise archetypal step" successful ending immoderate struggle "is a ceasefire."
British Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson, speaking connected "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," warned Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin's calls for a ceasefire connection "doesn't look superior to us."
"At look value, it's constructive that he's offered nonstop talks," Mandelson said. "But then, erstwhile you look astatine the tiny print, you spot that helium wants these talks truthful arsenic to telephone into question the precise beingness of Ukraine arsenic a free, Democratic and sovereign nation."
Meanwhile, Russia resumed wide drone attacks successful Ukraine aboriginal connected Sunday, aft its self-declared three-day intermission expired.
Russia launched 108 onslaught drones and simulator drones from six antithetic directions, Ukraine's aerial unit said. It said 60 drones were changeable down and different 41 simulator drones failed to scope targets owed to Ukrainian countermeasures.
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, the vice seat of the House Homeland Security Committee, said Sunday connected "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that Putin is "not making immoderate concessions astatine all, portion Mr. Zelenskyy seems to beryllium making each the concessions."
"If the bottommost enactment is Putin has to hold to a 30-day ceasefire for immoderate bid talks to spell forward," McCaul said. "We privation peace, but not bid astatine immoderate price. Because bid astatine immoderate terms is similar appeasement, similar we saw with Chamberlain and Hitler, and that's unacceptable."
The Russian Defense Ministry connected Sunday accused Ukraine of "violating" Moscow's three-day ceasefire much than 14,000 times. Ukraine, which did not hold to the May 8-10 ceasefire, has besides accused Russia of violating its ain truce, with the Ukrainian overseas curate calling it a farce.
The Ukrainian president appeared to importune connected his connection to commencement a 30-day unconditional ceasefire connected Monday. "There is nary constituent successful continuing the sidesplitting adjacent for a azygous day. We expect Russia to corroborate a ceasefire — full, lasting, and reliable — starting tomorrow, May 12th, and Ukraine is acceptable to meet," Zelenskyy said.
Putin successful remarks to the media overnight efficaciously rejected that ceasefire connection and projected restarting nonstop talks with Ukraine successful Istanbul connected Thursday alternatively "without preconditions." He said a ceasefire mightiness beryllium agreed connected during the negotiations.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan connected Sunday spoke to Macron and Putin and told them successful abstracted telephone calls that Turkey was acceptable to big the bid talks. He besides said that a "historic turning point" had been reached successful efforts to extremity the conflict, according to a connection from the Turkish statesmanlike communications office.
Putin's counter-offer came aft leaders from 4 large European countries threatened to ratchet up unit connected Moscow if it does not judge an unconditional 30-day ceasefire successful Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk met with Zelenskyy successful Kyiv connected Saturday and issued a coordinated telephone for a 30-day ceasefire starting Monday. The program has received backing from some the European Union and U.S. President Trump.
In a societal media station respective hours aft Putin's overnight remarks astir bid talks, Mr. Trump said it was "a perchance large time for Russia and Ukraine!"
"I volition proceed to enactment with some sides to marque definite that it happens. The USA wants to focus, instead, connected Rebuilding and Trade. A BIG week upcoming!" helium added.
U.S. ambassador Ukraine Oksana Markarova, appearing connected NBC's "Meet the Press," praised Mr. Trump's "idea of afloat and unconditional ceasefire" arsenic a "great idea," but she warned "the killings person to stop."
"President Zelenskyy contiguous already said that, yes, Ukraine is acceptable to negotiate, but helium enactment a peculiar accent connected ceasefire, the thought that some helium and President Trump powerfully supports," Markarova said.
Macron said Sunday that Putin's connection of nonstop negotiations with Ukraine is "a archetypal step, but not enough," signaling continued Western skepticism toward Moscow's intentions.
"An unconditional ceasefire is not preceded by negotiations," Macron told reporters astatine the Polish-Ukrainian border, according to French media.
Macron besides warned that Putin is "looking for a mode out, but helium inactive wants to bargain time."
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, successful comments aired by Russian authorities TV connected Sunday, called Putin's connection "very serious," aimed astatine eliminating "the basal causes of the conflict," and said it "confirms a existent volition for find a peaceful solution."
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