Putin's offer for talks with Ukraine 'hastily molded in the corridor' - Sky News

Russian dictator vladimir putin's offer for direct talks with Ukraine is likely his latest attempt to avoid fulfilling his commitment to a 30-day ceasefire. The preparations for it were extremely bizarre, and the offer itself looked as if it had been hastily molded, Sky News reports.

As a Sky News reporter noted, given America's apparent support for Europe's ultimatum to the aggressor country of russia (ceasefire or sanctions), putin had to respond with something new. But his response looked like "a proposal that was hastily molded in the corridor from the outside".

"The preparation for this statement was extremely strange. We were told that it would be a press conference, and everyone had high expectations for the opportunity to ask questions (which doesn't happen very often here). Initially, it was presented as a summary of the bilateral meetings that putin had held this week with the leaders of some countries. But the ultimatum from Europe seemed to have caught the Kremlin by surprise," the article says.

The reporter noted that when putin finally appeared, closer to 2 a.m., there was no longer an opportunity to ask questions, he simply made a statement.

As the Sky News reporter notes, although the Kremlin called putin's statement important, its content was almost the same as Moscow's previous statements - only the date was changed.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on May 10, the leaders of France, Great Britain, Germany and Poland arrived in Kyiv. After a joint meeting, they called Donald Trump and announced: from May 12, Ukraine and partners are ready for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire. The United States will lead the monitoring. If russia refuses, sanctions will be tightened.

In turn, russian dictator vladimir putin rejected the idea of ​​starting a 30-day ceasefire and allegedly declared his readiness to hold direct talks with Ukraine from May 15.

At the same time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called russian dictator vladimir putin's proposal for direct talks between the states a "good sign." However, Zelenskyy stressed that the very first step in ending the war should be a complete ceasefire.