Putin proposes direct talks with Kyiv in Istanbul to end Russia-Ukraine war

Moscow, May 11 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed holding direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15, hours after Kyiv and European leaders called for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire to start on Monday. Putin did not explicitly address that call in his statement, delivered after 1 a.m. in the Kremlin, instead […]