Zelensky offers to meet Putin after Trump demands Ukraine hold direct talks with Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says helium is acceptable to conscionable Russian President Vladimir Putin "personally" successful Istanbul connected Thursday for talks implicit ending the war.

His station came soon aft Donald Trump demanded Ukraine hold to Putin's connection of nonstop talks betwixt the 2 countries successful Turkey.

"There is nary constituent successful prolonging the killings. And I volition beryllium waiting for Putin successful Türkiye connected Thursday. Personally," Zelensky wrote.

He had earlier said his state was unfastened to talks with Russia but lone aft a ceasefire was successful place.

Western powers called for a 30-day intermission successful warring to statesman connected Monday aft European leaders spearheading the alleged "coalition of the willing" met successful Kyiv connected Saturday.

Putin's connection of nonstop talks followed that intervention.

On Sunday Trump past posted connected societal media that Ukraine should hold to this "immediately" and it would supply clarity connected whether determination was a mode to extremity the war.

"At slightest they volition beryllium capable to find whether oregon not a woody is possible, and if it is not, European leaders, and the US, volition cognize wherever everything stands, and tin proceed accordingly" helium said, adding: "Have the meeting, now!"

In his station connected X, Zelensky said helium hoped Russia would hold to the ceasefire earlier the talks.

"We await a afloat and lasting ceasefire, starting from tomorrow, to supply the indispensable ground for diplomacy," helium said.

In a late-night code connected Saturday, Putin invited Ukraine to instrumentality portion successful "serious negotiations" implicit the war, which began with Russia's full-scale penetration of Ukraine successful 2022.

Putin said helium could "not regularisation out" the anticipation that the talks could effect successful Russia and Ukraine agreeing "a caller truce" - but did not code the calls for a 30-day ceasefire directly.

The Russian person said: "This would beryllium the archetypal measurement towards a long-term, lasting peace, alternatively than a prologue to much equipped hostilities aft the Ukrainian equipped forces get caller armaments and personnel, aft feverish trench-digging and the constitution of caller bid posts."

Moscow has antecedently said that earlier Russia could see a ceasefire, the West indispensable archetypal halt its subject assistance to Ukraine.

Russia and Ukraine past held nonstop negotiations successful March 2022, successful Istanbul, soon aft the Moscow launched its invasion.

On Saturday, the Ukrainian president played big successful Kyiv to UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, France's Emmanuel Macron, Germany's Friedrich Merz and Poland's Donald Tusk, who aboriginal called Trump to sermon their plan.

Sir Keir aboriginal told the BBC the US president was "absolutely clear" that their proposition of an contiguous ceasefire was a "demand that indispensable beryllium met".

Appearing astatine a quality league with Zelensky, they warned that "new and massive" sanctions would beryllium imposed connected Russia's vigor and banking sectors should Putin not hold to the unconditional 30-day ceasefire "in the air, astatine oversea and connected land".