However, Ukraine’s president said he awaited a full ceasefire starting today to provide the necessary basis for diplomacy.
The news comes after Donald Trump demanded that Kyiv “immediately” hold direct talks with Moscow.
Trump has been pressing both sides to agree to a truce of at least 30 days and stop the three-year-old war.
He added: “At least they will be able to determine whether or not a deal is possible, and if it is not, European leaders, and the US, will know where everything stands, and can proceed accordingly!”
The Kremlin said that Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone on Sunday, where they discussed Putin’s proposal to hold Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Istanbul on Thursday, 15 May.
Erdogan also told Putin that a comprehensive ceasefire would create the necessary environment for peace talks, the readout said.
Before Trump’s post yesterday, Ukraine’s president said that his team was “ready to meet” Russian representatives after Putin suggested the two sides hold direct peace talks on Thursday in Turkey.
“We expect Russia to confirm a ceasefire – full, lasting, and reliable – starting tomorrow, May 12, and Ukraine is ready to meet,” he said.
Late on Saturday night, Putin made a televised statement from the Kremlin that coincided with prime time in the US. He suggested that any ceasefire was a matter for talks he proposed for Istanbul.
“It’s a first step but it’s not enough,” Macron told reporters on his way back from Ukraine early on Sunday. “An unconditional ceasefire is not preceded by negotiations.”
The draft accords discussed then would have obliged Ukraine to give up its Nato ambitions and accept permanent neutral and nuclear-free status in return for security guarantees from the US, Russia, China, Britain and France – the five permanent UN Security Council members.
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