Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will arrive in Turkey on Thursday, May 15, for Russian-Ukrainian talks proposed by Vladimir Putin, and will wait there personally for Putin.
“I will be waiting for Putin in Turkey on Thursday. In person. I hope that this time the Russians will not look for reasons why they cannot come,” he wrote on social media on Sunday evening.
“We are waiting for a ceasefire starting tomorrow – a complete and lasting one, to provide the necessary basis for diplomacy. There is no point in prolonging the killings,” Zelensky also stressed.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump called on Ukraine to immediately agree to talks in Istanbul on May 15.
“Russian President Putin does not want a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine, but wants to meet on Thursday in Turkey to discuss a possible end to the bloody carnage. Ukraine must agree to this immediately,” Trump wrote on social media on Sunday.
He added that at least they would be able to determine whether an agreement was possible, and if not, European leaders and the US would know where things stood and could act accordingly.
“I am beginning to doubt that Ukraine will agree to a deal with Putin, who is too busy celebrating victory in World War II, which could not have been won (not even close!) without the United States of America. Have the meeting, IMMEDIATELY!!!” he wrote.
