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Asharq Al-Awsat
12 hours ago
- Business
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Zelenskiy Suggests Truce Until Meeting with Putin Can be Arranged
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday proposed implementing a ceasefire until such time as a meeting can be arranged with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "My proposal, which I believe our partners can support, is that we propose to Russians a ceasefire until the leaders meet," Zelenskiy told a briefing in Kyiv, Reuters reported. June 2 peace talks with Russia in Istanbul made little progress toward ending the three-year-old war in Ukraine, apart from an exchange of proposals and a plan for a major swap of prisoners of war, which Zelenskiy said would take place this weekend.
Arab News
14 hours ago
- General
- Arab News
Ukraine's Zelensky suggests truce until meeting with Putin can be arranged
KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday proposed implementing a ceasefire until such time as a meeting can be arranged with Russian President Vladimir Putin. 'My proposal, which I believe our partners can support, is that we propose to Russians a ceasefire until the leaders meet,' Zelensky told a briefing in Kyiv. June 2 peace talks with Russia in Istanbul made little progress toward ending the three-year-old war in Ukraine, apart from an exchange of proposals and a plan for a major swap of prisoners of war, which Zelensky said would take place this weekend.
The Independent
2 days ago
- General
- The Independent
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv and Moscow working on new prisoner exchange after talks last less than an hour
The second round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine ended barely an hour after they began in Istanbul. The talks - the second such direct contacts between the sides since 2022 - had already begun nearly two hours later than scheduled with no explanation of the delay. The mood in Russia was angry as the talks kicked off, with influential war bloggers calling on Moscow to deliver a fearsome retaliatory blow against Kyiv after Ukraine launched one of its most ambitious attacks of the war, targeting Russian nuclear-capable long-range bombers in Siberia and elsewhere. Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking in Lithuania, later said the two sides were preparing a new exchange of prisoners of war. His chief of staff also said the Ukrainian delegation had handed over a list of deported children to Russia during Monday's talks that Ukraine wants returned home. The first round of talks on 16 May yielded the biggest prisoner swap of the war but no sign of peace – or even a ceasefire as both sides merely set out their opening negotiating positions. Sanctions on Russia needed as Putin doesn't want ceasefire, says Zelensky's aide Russia does not want a ceasefire and new sanctions are needed now to force it to pursue peace, the chief of staff to the Ukrainian president said yesterday. "The Russians are doing everything to not cease firing and continue the war. New sanctions now are very important," said Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian president's office. Mr Yermak posted his remarks on Telegram, hours after the conclusion of peace talks in Istanbul between Russian and Ukrainian delegations.
Al Arabiya
2 days ago
- General
- Al Arabiya
Russia and Ukraine agree on prisoner swap, repatriation of 12,000 war dead
In this episode of W News, presented by Leigh-Ann Gerrans, we report on peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul, where both sides agreed to exchange more prisoners of war and repatriate the bodies of 12,000 fallen soldiers. We also cover an incident in Boulder, Colorado, where eight people were injured after a 45-year-old man shouting 'Free Palestine' threw incendiary devices into a crowd attending a vigil for Israeli hostages still held in Gaza. Guests: Yulia Sirko – Ukrainian MP Nikita Mendkovich – Head of the Eurasian Analytical Club Nick Harper – Correspondent Osama Kadi – Director of Kadi Economic Consultancy
BBC News
2 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Ukraine-Russia peace talks end with no deal, POW swap agreed
A second round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have ended without a major breakthrough, and only an agreement between the warring sides to swap more prisoners of Ukrainian negotiators said Russia again rejected an "unconditional ceasefire" - a key demand by Kyiv and its allies in Europe and the Russian team said it had proposed a two-to-three day truce "in certain areas" of the vast front line, but gave no further Monday's talks, which were held in the Turkish city of Istanbul and lasted just over an hour, the two sides did agree to exchange all sick and heavy wounded prisoners of war, as well those aged under 25. Expectations were low even before the talks started, with both sides remaining deeply divided on how to end the war that has been raging since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February currently controls about 20% of Ukrainian territory, including the southern Crimea peninsula which it annexed in 2014. Ukraine accuses Russia of undermining next round of peace talksThe terrifying new weapon changing the war in Ukraine Speaking at a briefing after the meeting, Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, who led Kyiv's negotiating team, said Ukraine was insisting on a "full and and unconditional ceasefire" for at least 30 days to "end the killings now".He said Ukraine had handed over its truce proposals to Russia "a few days ago" - but Moscow failed to do the same, only presenting its plan at the Istanbul Deputy Foreign Minister Serhiy Kyslytsia then said that Russia rejected the unconditional negotiators said they were expecting Russia's response to Ukrainian proposals by the end of June, stressing on the need to prepare for direct talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia's Vladimir shortly afterwards at a separate news briefing, Russian delegation head Vladimir Medinsky confirmed that all sick and heavy wounded prisoners of war and those younger than 25 would be exchanged. No timeframe was given as to when this would also said that next week Russia would hand over to Kyiv the bodies of 6,000 Ukrainian the first round of direct peace talks, held on 16 May, Ukraine and Russia failed to bridge their differences on how to end the war, agreeing only to swap 1,000 prisoners of war Zelensky and his European allies have repeatedly accused Russia of deliberately delaying any meaningful negotiations to seize more Ukrainian territory. US President Donald Trump, who has been pushing for a quick settlement, has so far delayed hitting Russia with tough a rare rebuke last month, Trump called Putin "absolutely crazy" following Russia's largest drone and missile attacks on Ukraine. In response, the Kremlin said Trump was showing signs of "emotional overload".
