President Trump said on Monday that he was considering joining talks between Russia and Ukraine that are expected to be held in Istanbul this Thursday.
“I think you may have a good result at the Thursday meeting in Turkey between Russia and Ukraine. I believe the two leaders are going to be there,” the president told reporters.
“I was thinking about flying over. I don’t know where I’m going to be on Thursday, I’ve got so many meetings, but I was thinking about actually flying over there,” he added.
Russian President Vladimir Putin first proposed the talks on Sunday, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky initially responded by saying the negotiations were conditional on a ceasefire.
Zelensky appeared to back down on his position, saying on Monday that he was “ready” to travel to Turkey, though he still mentioned the idea of a ceasefire. “I am ready to come to Turkey. Unfortunately, the world still has not received a clear response from Russia to the numerous proposals for a ceasefire,” Zelensky said on X.
The Ukrainian leader also welcomed the idea of Trump attending the talks. “It is important that President Trump fully supports the meeting, and we would like him to find an opportunity to come,” Zelensky said.
European leaders are saying that Putin must agree to a ceasefire before the talks, but Trump has called on Ukraine to accept Russia’s proposal for negotiations without preconditions.
So far, the Kremlin has not confirmed that Putin is willing to attend the talks himself. “Moscow has remained silent all day regarding the proposal for a direct meeting,” Zelensky said.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that Putin’s approach to the talks was “aimed at finding a real diplomatic solution to the Ukrainian crisis, eliminating the root causes of the conflict, and establishing lasting peace.”
The last time Russia and Ukraine held direct peace talks was back in the early days of the Russian invasion, in March and April 2022. At the time, Russia’s main demand was for Ukrainian neutrality. Those efforts were discouraged by the US, and later that year, Russia declared its annexation of four Ukrainian oblasts and added the recognition of that territory as Russia to its demands to end the war.
May 11, 2025 Vladimir Putin Offers "Unconditional" Ceasefire Talks with Ukraine – English Subtitles
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a statement to the media following the events of Victory Day, May 9, in which he offered unconditional ceasefire talks with Ukrainian leadership in Istanbul as early as May 15, 2025
https://youtu.be/YpjvoeB1G58?si=nYIbVIIgqhgEPaAi
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Not helpful and very childish. If you have nothing intelligent to contribute then perhaps do not show us your lack of thoughtfulness.
Trump is very childish. He has nothing intelligent to contribute, unless if you think like a Trumpanzee.
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As an independent thinker and voter I find not one Western elected leader worth the equivalent of John Mearsheimer or Jeffrey David Sachs.
Once again you present childish remarks with no substance and facts.
Mearsheimer wants to rearm Ukraine with nuclear weapons.
Sachs stated that nuclear power is the only solution to climate change.
As an independent thinker, I find these views rather troubling.
As an independent thinker and voter I find not one Western elected leader worth the equivalent of John Mearsheimer or Jeffrey David Sachs.
Once again you present childish remarks with no substance and facts.
As a independent thinker, I believe the U.S. should honor its NPT agreement to provide Ukraine with the security assurances against the use of force on Ukraine’s sovereignty and internationally recognized borders.
Trump is famous for his childish remarks. He's the equivalent of a petulant man-child.
The US should have kept its word about "not one inch eastward" too.
If U.S. kept its word "not one inch eastward", there would be no need to protect Ukraine's sovereignty.
If Russia kept its word, there would be no need to protect Ukraine's sovereignty.
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If you don't want people to ridicule trump for his stupid and childish statements, convince trump to speak like an adult.
The point is that presenting a logical argument is intelligent. Posting low IQ mems does not give talking points positive or negative.
A picture is worth a 1000 words. It was the oppose of low IQ mems. Would you prefer he spend his time quoting some dumb things he said? For example "So basically what we are doing is equalizing. It's a new word that I came up with, which I think is probably the best word" Trump said yesterday as he claimed he invented the word equalizing. This list goes on and on. The picture sums it up perfectly.
It would be helpful if Trump explains, at least to American people, what he is trying to achieve. His argument that he is trying to stop the bloodshed for humanitarian reasons looks terribly false, particular considering his support of genocidal war in Gaza. People still remember about his contribution to militarization of Kiev regime in 2017-2020 and his support in those years of sabotage of Minsk agreements. It looks obvious that his goal is to save Kiev neo-Nazi regime. But what for? What is the ultimate goal? If the goal is to make Russia weaker, it doesn't work at all. Actually, Ukrainian project is counterproductive for this purpose. It not only pushed Russia closer to China, Iran and North Korea but also made Russian political system more efficient and Russian economy stronger. So, it looks, the loyalty to military-industrial complex's interests is the only reason. That also explains his persistent demonization of China and Iran. In other words – just a banal corruption.
What he is trying to achieve, his "ultimate goal", is to destroy Russia, China, and Iran through deception and terrorism against these nations. Both Russia and Iran understand full well the nature of these fake "negotiations," that they are not real, the Americans are playing a very dangerous game, and the only way to respond is to play the Americans against themselves and keep them busy.
Otherwise, the Americans are insane enough to trigger an apocalyptic war. All Russia, China, and Iran can do is try to keep the Americans at bay for awhile, but ultimately, all they understand is bloodshed and war, and the only way to permanently end US hegemony is through bloodshed and war.
The goal here is for the Americans and "Israelis" and their European slaves to destroy themselves before they get a chance to try to destroy the civilized world, i.e. the East, because "the West" is obviously far from civilized and is the most barbaric and genocidal "civilization" in history.
All Russia, China, and Iran have to do is keep the Americans busy until their economy fully collapses and their ability to wage war is nullified as a result. Thus far, Trump is doing a fantastic job at obliterating the Western economic order and all we can hope is that he continues doing what he does best: destroying America and Zionism.
Global full-spectrum dominance is a fascinating idea for ruling elites of many countries who thought it could be achievable. If such an idea properly propagated, it could capture the imagination of a great part of the population and make a nation ready for sacrifices for the sake of this great goal. Not only Hitler and Napoleon with their followers became victims of this idea. Lenin, Trotsky and their Bolshevik gang also believed they could achieve the global full-spectrum dominance. They always propagated global socialist revolution thinking of themselves as the leaders of the international proletariat. If we go deeper in the history (the real history, not the fake one), it was always the same. So, from this viewpoint, U.S. elite is not any different.
On the other hand, when this idea becomes popular among the elite, there are always some people who are thinking how to make easy quick money for themselves just using the idea. In U.S. the idea of "promoting the democracy throughout the world" and global full-spectrum dominance created great opportunities for oligarchs and corrupted politicians to move taxpayers money from Federal Budget to their private pockets. The greatest milking cow is the military-industrial complex.
"It would be helpful if Trump explains, at least to American people, what he is trying to achieve" He does not know himself.
Since when does a loser in warfare like Zelensky dictate terms?
Is it more cocaine haze?
Agreed, neither Zelenskyy nor Putin are in any position to dictate terms.
I’m not much of a Trump fan, but I have to give him credit for an actually sound diplomatic move here.
Zelenskyy says he will only negotiate directly with Putin.
Putin says Zelenskyy isn’t the “legitimate” “leader” of Ukraine and therefore not a credible partner to negotiate with.
If Trump’s there, Zelenskyy gets to pretend he’s negotiating directly with Putin, and Putin gets to pretend he’s not directly negotiating with Zelenskyy.
Trump has called on Ukraine to accept Russia’s proposal for negotiations without preconditions.
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And yet his intention of showing up in Istanbul will probably give Ukraine one of its preconditions — that Putin negotiate with Zelenskyy directly.
Zelensky will have face-to-face talks in Istanbul, but will Putin?
If not, then the war continues until Putin figures out some other way to extricate Russia from his fiasco while saving enough face that he might be allowed to peacefully retire instead of suffering a tragic accidental fall from a window.
Since when did you forget that Putin is a war criminal?
Cocaine haze?
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As the Economist pointed out in the 1990s one mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter.
The US staged a coup in Ukraine run by Victoria Nuland with one 0f the expressed purposes of NATO taking over Russian naval bases on Crimea.
The US also promised Russia that NATO would not expand “One Inch” past East Germany if Germany was unified.
There are many reasons Russia is reacting to NATO encroachment and provocations. You should be thankful that President Putin is running Russia and not the hardliners who would gladly use nuclear weapons.
Only children and the uneducated think in black and white terms and swallow propaganda from their favorite side.
The claim that the US staged a coup in Ukraine to take over Russian naval bases on Crimea is a conspiracy theory.
While Victoria Nuland played a significant role in the events surrounding the Revolution of Dignity in 2014, and the US did provide financial and non-lethal assistance to Ukraine, there is no credible evidence to support the idea of a US-orchestrated coup with the specific goal of NATO taking over Crimean naval bases.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Nuland
The Revolution of Dignity was primarily a result of internal Ukrainian political issues and protests against President Yanukovych. The Revolution of Dignity aimed to remove Yanukovych, not to take over Crimea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_of_Dignity
There are many reasons for people posting Pro-Kremlin bullshit on this website.
Vladimir Putin warns west he will consider using nuclear weapons. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/25/vladimir-putin-warns-west-nuclear-weapons
There is only one reason why a murderous dictator uses the "NATO encroachment" propaganda narrative.
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"The claim that the US staged a coup in Ukraine to take over Russian naval bases on Crimea is a conspiracy theory."
Now you prove your ignorance or just derangement.
There is no texting a blind man that cannot see. I am done with you!
You've proved your loyalty to Putin, now provide some evidence which refutes the fact that he's a wanted war criminal.
International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Russian leaders.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court_arrest_warrants_for_Russian_leaders
ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova.
https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-ukraine-icc-judges-issue-arrest-warrants-against-vladimir-vladimirovich-putin-and
Remember the Paris peace talks?
Yes the Paris peace talks went on for a long time until Linebacker two bombed the ports in Hanoi.
So who was the loser dictating terms to the winner in the Paris peace talk? Oh wait that was the Americans.
Trump helped start the war and wants to be in the limelight as a peacemaker— He is stark raving mad.
He's pushing for the Noble Peace Prize…!
Trump will screwed up the talks.
Worth listening to and thinking about.
Child abductions in the Russo-Ukrainian War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abductions_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War
"How dare a rape victim defends themselves"
— someone on here, i'm sure, somehow using this sad opinion to defend russian aggression