Live, war in Ukraine: Volodymyr Zelensky expects Russia to commit to a ceasefire and says he is "ready" for talks

"There is no point in continuing the killing for even one day. We expect Russia to confirm a complete, lasting, and reliable ceasefire starting tomorrow, May 12, and Ukraine is ready to meet it," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on social media . "The whole world has been waiting for this for a very long time. And the very first step to truly ending a war is a ceasefire."

Volodymyr Zelensky also welcomed a "positive sign" after Vladimir Putin assured yesterday Saturday that "Russia [was] ready for negotiations without any preconditions" proposing to "start next Thursday, May 15, in Istanbul" , rejecting any possibility of establishing a thirty-day ceasefire demanded by Kiev's allies.

The Russian president "did not rule out" that the idea of ​​a ceasefire would be discussed during talks with Kiev, but he stressed that these discussions should focus on "the root causes of the conflict."

After the end of the three-day truce unilaterally declared by Moscow, which both countries accused each other of not respecting, "on the night of May 11 (from 2 a.m.), the enemy attacked with 108 Shahed attack drones and other types of drones," the Ukrainian Air Force wrote on Telegram , claiming that 60 of them had been shot down. "As a result of the enemy attack, the Sumy region suffered," it added.

"Forty-one imitator drones were lost on site, without negative consequences," the Ukrainian Air Force added, without detailing the fate of the remaining seven drones.

Donald Trump assured, on the night of Saturday to Sunday, that he intended to "continue to work with both parties" to end the conflict in Ukraine, welcoming "a potential great day" after Vladimir Putin's proposal of "direct" negotiations between Kiev and Moscow and the West's call for a ceasefire as of Monday.

"This is potentially a great day for Russia and Ukraine!" the US president wrote on his Truth Social account, without specifying what he was referring to, adding: "Think of the hundreds of thousands of lives that will be saved with the hopefully end of this endless 'bloodbath'. (...) I will continue to work with both sides to make sure that happens."

The "direct" negotiations proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin between Russia and Ukraine, in response to the "unconditional" ceasefire demanded by Kiev and its allies, are "a first step, but it is not enough," Emmanuel Macron reacted.

"It's a way of not responding. We must not give up," added the French president upon his arrival at the Polish border early Sunday morning, after getting off the train returning from Ukraine. "We must stand firm with the Americans to say that the ceasefire is unconditional and then we can discuss the rest," he told a few journalists. The head of state considers that this is a new delaying tactic: "It shows that he is looking for a way forward, but he still wants to gain time." "It is unacceptable for the Ukrainians because they cannot accept parallel discussions while they continue to be bombed ," he considers. " It is a first step, but it is not enough."

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