Hours after Russia and Ukraine organized its first direct conversations in the years, which could not bring a ceasefire, the Russian drone on Saturday hit a passenger bus in the northeast sum in Ukraine and killed nine people.
“This is another war crime of Russia – a deliberate strike for civilian transport that pose any threat,” said the regional sums in the post in the telegram application, reported by the Associated Press.
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Peace interviews of Russia-Ukraine
Formerly on Friday, Russian and Ukrainian officials organized interviews in Turkey to create a temporary ceasefire and mark their first direct meeting from the first weeks of Russian invasion in full scale in February 2022.
However, the discussion ended in less than two hours without significant breakthroughs. It should be noted that although both parties agreed to the main exchange of prisoners, they remained sharply divided into the main conditions needed to end the conflict.
One such conditions for Ukraine, supported by its Western allies, is the temporary ceasefire as the first step towards peace settlement. The Kremlin pushed back against a ceasefire that remains elusive.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr said Zelena that he was discussing interviews with US President Donald Trump and leaders of France, Germany, Great Britain and Poland. In his contribution to X from the European meeting in Albania, he called on “hard sanctions” against Moscow if he refuses “a full and unconditional ceasefire and quit killing”.
Medinsky, President’s assistant Vladimir Putin, said that Russia and Ukraine agreed to exchange detailed proposals for a ceasefire. He also noted that Ukraine had applied for a meeting between the heads of two countries – a proposal that Russia took into account, informed AP.
Zeletskyy was on Friday in Tirana in Albania and met the leaders of 47 European countries to discuss the safety, defense and democratic standards against the background of the war.
He met French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
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“The pressure on Russia must be maintained until Russia is ready to end the war,” Zelenkyyy said on X, and during the call he published a photograph of leaders, the second for the group from May 10. During these discussions, he emphasized the need to intensify pressure on Russia and stressed that the port was the first step to achieve peace. Interviews also focused on strengthening military support, improving the abilities of air defense and defensive defense of Ukraine and accelerating the journey of Ukraine to membership in the European Union.
Given that Russian troops occupy about one fifth of Ukraine, Russian President Putin demanded that Kiev be surrendered, giving up his ambitions to join NATO, and, according to reports, accepted a neutral attitude.
This is another war crime of Russia – a deliberate blow to civilian transport, which was no threat.
(With the entry from agencies)
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