Donald Trump has stated he’ll converse to Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy individually on Monday in a bid to safe a ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine.
The US president made the announcement on Fact Social – shortly after the Ukrainian president condemned Russia for the “deliberate killing of civilians” after a drone hit a bus in north-eastern Ukraine.
Mr Trump stated he’ll converse to Mr Putin over the cellphone. He’ll then speak with Mr Zelenskyy and “various members of NATO”, he wrote.
In an all-caps submit, he stated: “HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE A PRODUCTIVE DAY, A CEASEFIRE WILL TAKE PLACE, AND THIS VERY VIOLENT WAR, A WAR THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED, WILL END. GOD BLESS US ALL!!!”
The Ukrainian city of Bilopillia right now declared a interval of mourning lasting till Monday after 9 folks have been killed in a Russian drone assault – which occurred simply hours after Kyiv and Moscow held peace talks.
Seven others have been injured, Ukrainian authorities stated. The bus was evacuating civilians from a frontline space when the drone hit, the nation’s nationwide police stated.
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9 killed in Russian strike on bus
A “father, mother and daughter” have been among the many useless, Mr Zelenskyy stated, writing on Telegram: “All the deceased were civilians. And the Russians could not have failed to understand what kind of vehicle they were targeting.”
The assault has additionally been condemned by British International Secretary David Lammy, who stated he was “appalled”.
“If Putin is serious about peace, Russia must agree to a full and immediate ceasefire, as Ukraine has done,” he wrote on X.
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Representatives for Kyiv and Moscow met for direct peace talks in Istanbul, Turkey, simply hours earlier than the drone assault.
Whereas the discussions – which weren’t attended by the Mr Putin or Mr Zelenskyy – didn’t lead to a truce, each international locations agreed to trade 1,000 prisoners of their greatest swap but.
Ukraine’s intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, stated on nationwide tv the trade may occur as early as subsequent week.
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What occurred at Ukraine talks?
Russia ‘threatened everlasting struggle’ at peace talks
Individually, a senior Kyiv official stated Russia’s proposed ceasefire phrases included the complete withdrawal of troops from 4 areas of Ukraine: Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Luhansk.
Moscow additionally known as for worldwide recognition that these areas and Crimea – annexed in 2014 – are Russian and for Ukraine to turn into a impartial state, with no allied troops stationed there, they stated.
The Kremlin declined to touch upon the matter.
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Ukraine has rallied assist from its allies following the talks, and a quantity have spoken out.
French President Emmanuel Macron stated: “Today, what do we have? Nothing. And so I tell you, faced with President Putin’s cynicism, I am sure that President Trump, mindful of the credibility of the United States, will react.”
The EU is engaged on a brand new package deal of sanctions towards Moscow, European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen stated.
