{"id":95260,"date":"2025-05-12T12:01:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T12:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/95260\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T12:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T12:01:10","slug":"eus-top-diplomat-no-ceasefire-no-peace-talks-with-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/95260\/","title":{"rendered":"EU&#8217;s top diplomat: No ceasefire, no peace talks with Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kaja Kallas. Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has accused Russia of &#8220;playing games&#8221; and said that a ceasefire must be established before any negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine begin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong>Kallas during her visit to London on 12 May, writes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/may\/12\/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-putin-trump-europe-live-latest-news?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6821aac98f087bbc43525c7d#block-6821aac98f087bbc43525c7d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Guardian<\/a>, as reported by European Pravda\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong> Kallas mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2025\/05\/12\/7511834\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than 100 Russian drones<\/a> that the Russian Federation used to attack Ukraine overnight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to put pressure on Russia to really want peace and to sit down and to talk with Ukraine,&#8221; she asserted, accusing Moscow of &#8220;playing games.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If they are continuing bombing Ukraine all the time, if there\u2019s no ceasefire, there can\u2019t be talks under fire,&#8221; the head of EU diplomacy told reporters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Spanish Foreign Minister Jos\u00e9 Manuel Albares believes that if a potential meeting in Istanbul on Thursday 15 May is only a way for the Russian Federation to waste time, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/may\/12\/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-putin-trump-europe-live-latest-news?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6821b2b78f087bbc43525cb1#block-6821b2b78f087bbc43525cb1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it makes no sense<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">In his late-night address on 11 May, Russian ruler Vladimir Putin stated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2025\/05\/11\/7511710\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he was ready for &#8220;direct negotiations&#8221;<\/a> with Kyiv in Istanbul on Thursday 15 May.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">US President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2025\/05\/11\/7511792\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publicly called on Ukraine<\/a> to accept Russia\u2019s proposal for direct negotiations in T\u00fcrkiye, despite the Kremlin\u2019s refusal to agree to a 30-day ceasefire demanded by Kyiv and its Western allies.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">President Volodymyr Zelenskyy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2025\/05\/11\/7511794\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reaffirmed that Ukraine<\/a> expects a full and lasting ceasefire from Russia starting 12 May, and declared that he will personally be waiting for the Kremlin leader in Istanbul for potential peace talks.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Support Ukrainska Pravda on <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/pravdaua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Patreon<\/strong><\/a><strong>!<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kaja Kallas. 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