The Kyiv Independent – > 189 orig date 2025-05-10 23:04:12
02:20 11-05-2025
⚡️Putin calls on Ukraine to begin direct talks in Istanbul next week as Victory Day 'truce' ends.
"Russia is ready for negotiations without any preconditions," Putin claimed in an address marking the end of the three-day Victory Day ceasefire. He invited Ukraine to begin talks in Istanbul on May 15.