Kiev (dpa -Afx) – Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj wants to with the Russian head of state Vladimir Putin Make together for peace talks in the coming week. “I will wait for Putin in Turkey on Thursday, personally,” wrote Selenskyj on the X. The Kremlin chief had offered the admission of negotiations in Turkey the night before to advise a possible end for the over three years of war in Ukraine. Selenskyj expressed hope that “the Russians are not looking for excuses”.
Shortly before Selenskyj’s message on X, US President Donald Trump asked the Ukrainian head of state to agree to the resumption of direct peace talks in Turkey proposed by Putin. Only then would Kiev know, the European partners and the USA know what they are and could be accordingly, Trump wrote on his online language tube Truth Social. The Republican at the same time expressed doubts that Putin wanted to conclude a peace agreement. This is too busy “celebrating the victory in World War II”. He alluded to the parade for the day of victory over Nazi Germany on Friday.
In his post, Selenskyj emphasized that Ukraine is expecting a “full and permanent fire break” on Monday to create a necessary basis for diplomacy. “It makes no sense to continue killing.”
Common initiative of European partners
Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU), British Prime Minister Keir Strandmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk had ultimately demanded a ceasefire from Russia from this Monday. Otherwise, Russia threatened other sanctions – this could now be discussed in London. The United States had already proposed a 30-day ceasefire in March. Most recently, Trump had thrown on these ceasefire again and threatened Russia with sanctions.
Kremlin chief Putin initially only replied with a counter offer: from Thursday, direct negotiations could begin without priority between Russia and Ukraine. Before that, however, he didn’t want to call out ceasefire. Selenskyj saw Putin’s offer for direct negotiations between the two sides as a good sign. Ukraine has been fighting against the Russian invasion for more than three years with the help of western arms deliveries.
The USA under Trump in the Schlinger course
A few hours ago, Trump confidently commented on the end of the fights. “A big day for Russia and Ukraine,” he wrote on Truth Social. Now his sound has changed. He again showed displeasure about Putin’s behavior. In the past, he already expressed skepticism about whether the Kremlin boss really wanted a peace agreement. Nevertheless, he now made it very clear that Kiev should agree to the negotiations in Turkey. “Consider the conversation – now !!!”, wrote the Republican in capital letters.
The United States had recently threatened to withdraw from the placements about the end of the Russian war of aggression. Trump had actually promised to quickly end the war after taking office in January. In the past week, he several times expressed his frustration that the negotiations have so far not brought a real result. He alternately attacked Selenskyj and Putin for their actions.
Türkiye wants to align talks
Turkey has now agreed to organize the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. As early as 2022 shortly after the beginning of the war, Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul ultimately had unsuccessful negotiations on an end to the fight./Cha/dp/men