US EditionZelensky's statement about coming to Istanbul is a performance — Konstantin Kosachev: EADaily
- The Kremlin rejected Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's proposal for direct talks with Putin in Istanbul on May 15, 2025.
- Russian officials dismissed Zelenskyy's proposal as political theater and said Moscow would not negotiate under pressure or without groundwork.
- Deputy speakers Konstantin Kosachev and Vladimir Dzhabarov called the proposal a 'comedy and spectacle' and denied Zelenskyy had an invitation to Istanbul.
- Kosachev criticized Zelenskyy for trying to place blame on Russia and stated that direct talks with the Russian president are unnecessary, highlighting that such high-level meetings require extensive prior preparation.
- While some officials said talks could happen through representatives, they stressed negotiations depend on Moscow confirming a full ceasefire starting May 12.
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Russia rejects what it says to be ‘final’ for a stop-fire
Peskov assured that Moscow wants to keep negotiations “serious” that lead to lasting peace, but did not respond to the offer of the Ukrainian president to meet Putin in Istanbul on Friday.The Russian content refuses to be ‘final’ for a stop-fire appears first in Journal i.
Russian proposal for peace talks in Istanbul threatens to fail in advance
Peace talks between Ukraine and Russia are to begin in Istanbul next Thursday, as Vladimir Putin had proposed. But Russian and Ukrainian experts are critical. “This is a tactical battle under the name of negotiations. Aimed at only one spectator: Donald Trump.”
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der Standard DESelenskyi's Istanbul proposal now compels Putin
Experts believe that the invitation to direct talks from the head of state to the head of state is a clever move. Europe's ceasefire "ultimatum" is "unacceptable" for the Kremlin
Russia does not clarify whether Putin will meet Zelenski in Istanbul and rejects the European ultimatum for a truce
Waiting for Russian President Vladimir Putin to accept or not accept the offer of his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodimir Zelenski, to meet in Istanbul to discuss how to end the war between their respective countries, the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, came to the fore this Monday to deplore Europe’s warnings to introduce more sanctions against Russia, if he does not accept the 30-day truce as a measure prior to Putin’s own early Sunday talks in…
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