KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched greater than 100 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine in nighttime assaults, the Ukrainian air power stated Monday, after the Kremlin rejected an unconditional 30-day ceasefire within the more than 3-year war.
There was no response from the Kremlin, in the meantime, to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s challenge for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to fulfill him for face-to-face peace talks in Turkey this week.
America and European governments have made a concerted push to cease the combating, which has killed tens of 1000’s of troopers on either side in addition to greater than 10,000 Ukrainian civilians. Russia’s invading forces have taken round one-fifth of Ukraine.
In a flurry of diplomatic developments over the weekend, Russia shunned the ceasefire proposal tabled by the U.S. and European leaders however offered direct talks with Ukraine on Thursday.
Ukraine, together with European allies, had demanded Russia settle for a ceasefire beginning Monday earlier than holding peace talks. Moscow successfully rejected that proposal and as an alternative known as for direct negotiations in Istanbul.
U.S. President Donald Trump insisted Ukraine settle for the Russian provide. Zelenskyy went a step additional and put the stress on Putin by providing a private assembly between the leaders.
In 2022, within the conflict’s early months, Zelenskyy repeatedly known as for a private assembly with the Russian president however was rebuffed, and ultimately enacted a decree declaring that holding negotiations with Putin had change into not possible.
Putin and Zelenskyy have solely met as soon as, in 2019. Trump says “deep hatred” between the edges has made it troublesome to push peace efforts ahead.
Observe AP’s protection of the conflict in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
