Meloni held a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, during which both leaders discussed diplomatic prospects and reaffirmed their commitment to a “just and lasting peace” in Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin said, according to a translation by the BBC: "We are determined to have serious negotiations with Ukraine. The purpose is to eliminate the root causes of the conflict and establish long-term, lasting peace with a historical perspective.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed that Vladimir Putin is "too scared" to meet him in Turkey for ceasefire talks on Thursday

Putin proposes direct talks with Kyiv after Trump and Europe’s ceasefire ultimatum - Putin proposed that the talks be ‘without preconditions’ in Istanbul on May 15 after European leaders and Trump agr

The path ahead that Europe’s leaders appear to envisage is of a worsening of the war – where Putin violates a ceasefire, is hit with “massive sanctions,” and Europe must escalate its military backing for Ukraine. They do not appear to think the ...

Kovalenko highlighted that the Kremlin leader "appears delusional" for continuing to attack Ukraine with weapons like Shahed drones, despite Russia’s repeated failures to achieve its primary objective of destroying Ukraine either militarily or politically.