To agree immediately to a truce from tomorrow Monday (12.5.25) the Ukrainian President called Russia, Volodimir Zelenskia few hours after the Russian president’s proposal Vladimir Putin For direct negotiations on both sides in Constantinople next Thursday (15.5.25).
Commenting on Vladimir Putin’s statement, Ukrainian Volodimir Zelenski said today that it was a positive indication that Russia has begun to think about ending the war, but added that the first step towards this is the start of a ceasefire on May 12.
“It is a positive indication that Russia has finally begun to think about ending the war and the first step towards the real end of any war is the truce,” Zelenski wrote in X.
It is a positive sign that the Russians have finally begun to consider ending the war. The entire world has been waiting for this for a very long time. And the very first step in truly ending any war is a ceasefire.
There is no point in continuing the killing even for a single…
– Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Volodymyr Zelenskyy (@zelenskyyua) May 11, 2025
“It makes no sense to continue killing for a day. We expect Russia to confirm the truce, full, durable and reliable, starting tomorrow, May 12, “he added.
Meanwhile, Kremlin Advisor Yuri Usakov said today that the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday Saturday Saturday, should take into account the status on the field As well as the negotiations of 2022, Interfax was reported.
It is noted that Donald Trump appeared excited by Putin’s proposal stressing how he will continue to work with both sides to end the war, while Emmanuel Macron characterized her Putin’s proposal “a first move”, but “not enough”.
Putin’s proposal came after Intense pressures by Donald Trump and European leaderswho warned him that if he did not agree immediately on a 30 -day truce, they would proceed with new sanctions against Russia.
“Russia has launched over 100 drones against Ukraine,” Kiev says
Meanwhile, Russia has fired more than 100 drones against Ukraine overnight, shortly after the end of the three -day truce that Russia had unilaterally declared, which the two countries were accused of violating it, Ukrainian Air Force said today.
“On the night of May 11 (from 02:00) the enemy attacked 108 drones shahad and other types of drones,” the statement said, in which the Air Force added that it rejected 60 of them.
Earlier, the mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitsko, had stated that Ukraine’s anti -aircraft defense units were trying to repel Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital.
The warning sirens sounded in Kyiv and Klitsko called on the city’s residents to go to the shelters.