Ukraine and allies demand 30-day ceasefire; Putin wants talks first
The Peninsula
Leaders of Western nations including the United States demanded Saturday that Moscow implement an unconditional 30 day ceasefire in Ukraine starting M...
Leaders of Western nations including the United States demanded Saturday that Moscow implement an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine starting Monday or they would strengthen sanctions against Russia’s banking and energy sectors.
"We together demand this from Russia,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. "We know that the United States supports us in this.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin countered late Saturday with a proposal to start direct talks in Istanbul next week.
"We are committed to serious negotiations with Ukraine … to remove the root causes of the conflict,” he told a news conference. "I do not exclude that during these negotiations it will be possible to agree on some new ceasefire.”
Zelensky said last month that Ukraine was open to holding direct talks with Russia if Moscow agreed to a ceasefire.
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