{"id":249,"date":"2025-04-22T16:12:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T16:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/?p=249"},"modified":"2025-04-22T19:14:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T19:14:06","slug":"putin-signals-openness-to-bilateral-talks-on-strikes-with-zelensky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/22\/putin-signals-openness-to-bilateral-talks-on-strikes-with-zelensky\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin signals openness to bilateral talks on strikes with Zelensky"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signaled an openness to conducting bilateral talks on military strikes with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, days after the United States warned that it may \u201cmove on\u201d<\/a> from facilitating peace talks if negotiations go nowhere.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to sort this out. Maybe even bilaterally,\u201d Putin said Monday when speaking to journalists.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a positive attitude towards a ceasefire,\u201d Putin said. \u201cThat is why we have always said that we take a positive attitude to any peace initiatives. \u201cWe hope that the representatives of the Kyiv regime will feel the same way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kremlin top spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Monday that when Putin stated \u201cthat it was possible to discuss the issue of not striking civilian targets, including bilaterally, the president had in mind negotiations and discussions with the Ukrainian side,\u201d Reuters reported, citing Interfax news agency.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Putin called for a brief truce<\/a> Saturday with Ukraine, which he said would end Saturday night. Ukraine has called for the ceasefire to be extended and accused the Kremlin<\/a> of breaking the short truce, saying the Russian military was conducting artillery strikes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Friday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned the U.S. could \u201cmove on\u201d from mediating the ceasefire talks between two Eastern European countries if the negotiations don\u2019t provide more progress. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are now reaching a point where we need to decide whether this is even possible or not,\u201d Rubio told reporters<\/a>. \u201cBecause if it\u2019s not, then I think we\u2019re just going to move on.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not our war. We have other priorities to focus on,\u201d he stated, adding the decision could come in a \u201cmatter of days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russia and Ukraine have not held direct talks about ending the war that has been ongoing for over three years. <\/p>\n

The Ukrainian delegation will go to London on Wednesday to participate in peace talks with European and U.S. officials, Zelensky announced Monday<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAlready this Wednesday, our representatives will be working in London. Ukraine, the United Kingdom, France, and the United States \u2014 we are ready to move forward as constructively as possible,\u201d the Ukrainian president said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signaled an openness to conducting bilateral talks on military strikes with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, days after the United States warned that it may \u201cmove<\/p>\n

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