Putin says Russia is ready for direct talks with Ukraine but quiet on 30-day ceasefire • FRANCE 24

Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 11 proposed direct negotiations in the coming days to end the conflict in Ukraine but did not address a 30-day ceasefire proposal drawn up hours earlier by European allies of Kyiv, reportedly with US backing.
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20 comments
  1. Why is Macron speaking for Europe? He's the leader of an african country. I'd much rather Poland to represent Europe… even Germany

  2. Germany`s new "tough" Counsellor Merz looks a bit too stupid for for me for his new demanding job after President Putin`s rapid counter move, have to say.

  3. Massive sanctions. How about those thousands of the sanctions you already imposed on Russia? Have they worked 😂😂😂

  4. Putin is running out of excuses. Thousands of Russians ( and North Koreans and some Chinese) are dying every week because the coward Putin knows he is finished if he ceases military operations. Moscow will need to be relocated at the current rate Ukraine is hitting them.

  5. Ukraine is winning. Why not let Ukraine recapture lost territory through the military as the Western is talking tough in every meeting.

  6. Zelensky wants a temporary ceasefire so as the wait for the EU to transfer frozen Russian assets in order to buy more US weapons.

  7. Falling backwards on the ground and futilely demanding a ceasefire? Futilely try to disrupt BRICS nation to BRICS nation trade? Did Europe not realize what the reaction will be after NATO recently detained a Russian oil tanker in the Baltic Sea, and then Russian submarines launched missiles nearby?

    Did Europe not see troops from China marching in the military parade in Moscow? Do they not know how many troops China can deploy? Do they not know the manpower of China on the verge of joining was the reason the Korean war ended? Do they not know the military production capabilities of China? Did they not hear the U.S. made a trade agreement with China this past weekend?

    Every time Zelensky gets a little support from the U.S. he gets too cocky and leads with hubris against a Country with the world's most powerful and longest range nuclear ICBM that can reach any target on earth in less than 30 minutes. Meet RS-28 Sarmat “Satan II”, 50+ times more powerful than the U.S. dropped on Japan.

    If high level representatives of Ukraine do not show up this Thursday in Istanbul for serious negotiations then it is highly likely Russia will launch another Oreshnik soon thereafter, perhaps on communication centers in Kyiv.

    As Putin stated nearly a year ago, the minimum peace requirements is Ukraine maintaining neutrality, ceding all Russian annexes, and limiting military size to prevent another war.

    The way peace talks work is the foreign ministries of both countries meet first to iron out an initialed formal agreement like in 2022 Istanbul, then the Presidents meet in person for a ceremonial signing before someone like BoJo the clown interferes and disrupts peace.

  8. The EU leaders have short sights, instead of them to talk of peace talks they are talking of 30 days size fire, so after the 30 days then what again ?
    Start with peace talks and that peace talks will lead to size fire.

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