Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded to Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 11, agreeing to meet him in Turkey on May 15 while reiterating the need for a full, temporary cease-fire between the two warring neighbors before talks commence on a lasting peace.
“It is a positive sign that the Russians have finally begun to consider ending the war,” Zelenskyy wrote in a post on social media platform X. “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.”
