Putin admitted that in Ukraine there is a “war”, and not a “special military operation”, as he previously stated. He also accused Ukraine of allegedly a violation of the “Easter truce” and a three -year ceasefire in May. However, he stated the possibility of reaching a ceasefire during negotiations.
“We invite the Kyiv authorities to resume negotiations, interrupted by them at the end of 2022. To resume direct negotiations, and I emphasize, without any preliminary conditional. We offer to start without delay, next Thursday, May 15 in Istanbul – where they were held earlier and where they were interrupted,” Putin said.
The illegitimate Russian president said that he plans to discuss his assistance in organizing the meeting with Turkish President Erdogan on May 11 with Turkish President.
Putin also announced allegedly readiness for “serious negotiations” with Ukraine, which he called “the first step towards the sustainable world.”
“We do not exclude that during these negotiators we manage to agree on some new truce, a new ceasefire,” Putin said.
According to him, the Russian proposal “on the table” and now the Russian Federation will wait for the reaction of Ukraine.
Earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on social networks X declared Kyiv’s readiness for meetings and direct negotiations in any formats, but after the ceasefire.
All at once, according to the completed Samit in Kiwi, they spoke Z @Potus. Good Rozmova, positively concrete. Inquired to President Trump.
Our SPILENY Views: Negaina, everywhere, madly shaking the Vognya of Trezibne Schonaymenha for 30 days. Proponimo, the scho was descended by Iz Monday, 12 injuries. …
– Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Volodymyr Zelensky (@zelenskyyua) May 10, 2025
Context
The Russian Federation began a full -scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Negotiations on the end of the war Ukraine and Russia were conducted at the level of delegations. In February – March, four full -time rounds took place (the last – March 29 in Turkey). In addition, delegations were found in video format.
However, subsequently the negotiation process was stopped, since from the Russian side There was no specificity that was able to discuss, explained in the office of the President of Ukraine.
The Russian Federation has repeatedly stated that she was ready for negotiations with Ukraine Based on some Istanbul agreements. Zelensky replied that Istanbul agreements “It never existed,” but there was an ultimatum of the Russian Federation, to which they did not agree to Kyiv.
In June 2024 The New York Times published documents From the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations that were conducted at the beginning of a full-scale war. Russia insisted that Ukraine be a “constantly neutral state” and never deployed foreign troops on its territory, so that it significantly reduces the armed forces, had restrictions on the number of weapons and military equipment, provided official status to the Russian language and abandoned the occupied territories. But the most controversial point, as Nyt noted, were security guarantees. Russia wanted to have a veto for any military assistance to Ukraine.
In February 2025, the specialized US President Donald Trump, Steve Vitkoff, said that Istanbul agreements may become a guide for a peace agreement between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Later, the special representative of Trump on Ukraine Kit Kellogue emphasized that Istanbul agreements can be a starting point, but cannot serve as the basis for peace in Ukraine.
