The spokesperson of the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, He defined the requests of European leaders “unacceptable”, gathered in London in the Weimar Plus format, who asked Moscow to accept a 30 -day truce by tonight or expect the imposition of new penalties. “The language of the ultimatum is unacceptable for Russia, it is not appropriate, we cannot speak with Russia in this way,” said Peskov at the press conference.
Meanwhile, the President of the United States Donald Trump It is optimistic on the results that can emerge from the meeting on Thursday between Russia and Ukraine. «It is very important – he said – I had insisted a lot because it was there. I think that things can come out of that encounter and put an end to the bloodbath ».
“Türkiye and Ukraine meet as soon as possible.” Words pronounced today by the Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan which reiterate Ankara’s pressing to end the conflict between Moscow and Kev. The date of the meeting is set next May 15th. Yesterday the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan had defined his country “ready to host the negotiation” and the prospect of a negotiation “a historical opportunity”. Words that preceded the intervention of the American president Donald Trump, who asked the Ukrainian colleague Volodymyr Zelensky to sit at the Istanbul table. An invitation then positively accepted by the Ukrainian leader, who, however, asks for a 30 -day fire.
The Turkish leader continued to act in balance between Moscow and Kiev And in a phone call yesterday with the Kremlin he invited his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin to give the green light to a ceased the fire «which would put the foundations for peace. The resumption of negotiations rather than a victory of Erdogan, who had long insisted on a negotiation, is actually the result of American pressure on Zelensky and an opening arrived from Putin. The latter proposed Istanbul as the headquarters of direct interviews between Russians and Ukrainians. Erdogan collected the jump ball and fixed the objectives: cease fire and permanent peace. Thursday could be a fundamental date for peace, but also a catwalk for Erdogan, who has always believed in a negotiation
On March 10, 2022, with the war started for less than a month, Turkish diplomacy managed to bring the foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine to Antalya. At the end of March of the same, a new summit, this time in Istanbul, put out delegations from the two countries. Peace seemed one step away, but the agreement jumped. The massacres perpetrated by the Russians in Buca and Irpin imposed a stop to any peace dialogue. The negotiations focused on an agreement to pass the Ukrainian wheat through the Black Sea. Agreement reached at the end of July 2022 and shipped a year later at the behest of Moscow. It is estimated that 32 million cubic meters of food are sailed from Ukrainian ports before the end of an agreement that represented the only success of the Turkish diplomatic work, so far.
New developments are expected on Thursday. A possible agreement would mean not only the end of the conflict, but also a victory for Erdogan. THEThe Turkish leader was in Italy on April 29th. An intergovernmental summit, in which Ukraine had a place on the agenda in dialogue with Prime Minister Meloni, but above all among the foreign ministers Hakan Fidan and Antonio Tajani. Erdogan reiterated the commitment to peace, enjoying the support of Italy. Putin’s opening of Putin and the change of course of the American President Donald Trump was undoubtedly laid; However, Turkey has had the ability to maintain a balance between Moscow and Kiev and to present itself as a reliable mediator for both parties of the conflict