🇺🇦🇷🇺❗️ I call on Putin to give his delegation real powers to end the war - Zelensky.

"Ukraine is ready to take all realistic steps to end this war."

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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️The negotiations on the Ukrainian settlement held in Istanbul marked a tactical victory for the Russian leadership, writes The New York Times.

The newspaper linked this to the fact that the negotiation process took place without an agreement on a ceasefire, which Ukraine and almost all of its Western supporters insisted on.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️Russia and Ukraine to soon conduct prisoner exchange according to the formula 1000 for 1000 — Medinsky

🇵🇱🇺🇸Very difficult days await us, Polish Prime Minister Tusk said after talks with Trump.

This was reported by the publication RMF24.

Tusk told reporters that the talks showed that the Russians did not show good will in Istanbul: the Russian side had no intention of negotiating in the presence of the American side and put forward conditions that were unacceptable not only for Ukraine but also “for all of us.”

🇫🇷🇮🇱Macron avoided answering a question about whether he plans to impose "the same sanctions against Israel as against Russia" after criticizing Israeli military operations in Gaza.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Evgeny Popov confirmed the threat of the Russian delegation to seize six Ukrainian regions if four new ones are not recognized .

"If four new Russian regions are not recognized right now, then next time there will be six regions. This phrase was heard inside, we can confirm it," Popov said, citing sources close to the negotiation process.

Earlier, Ukrainian MPs and Western media claimed that Russia threatened Ukraine with the seizure of new regions if the demands put forward were not accepted.

🇷🇺🇺🇦RT reporter Pridybaylo says members of the delegation told him “Actually, we said eight” when he asked them about this

🇷🇺🇺🇦The Ukrainian Pelican radar was damaged as a result of a missile strike by an Iskander-M OTRK with a cluster warhead, near the settlement of Novokalynivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Judging by the close encounters, the station must have been badly damaged by shrapnel .

🇺🇸🇮🇷Trump praised Iranian drones and criticized the US military-industrial complex.

According to the US President, he told one American company that he wanted a lot of drones and gave the example of Iran, which produces attack drones (like "shaheds") for 35-40 thousand dollars, and therefore he wants something similar. In the end, two weeks later they came to him with a drone for 41 million dollars.

Trump went on to say that he doesn't want $41 million drones, but rather $35,000 to $40,000 drones that can be launched by the thousands. These are fast and deadly weapons, Trump added.

🇺🇸🇪🇺The United States will begin consultations with NATO allies on the withdrawal of American forces from European countries after a summit planned for June in The Hague, US Permanent Representative to the alliance Matthew Whitaker said at a security conference in Estonia, Reuters reported.

"We will have these discussions within the NATO structure... Of course, after the summit, later this year, we will start discussing this. All our allies are ready for this," the agency quotes Whitaker as saying.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Bloomberg also publishes the demands that Russia is said to have made in talks with Ukraine in Istanbul.

1. Ukraine must adopt a neutral status without the presence of foreign troops or weapons of mass destruction on its territory.

2. Kiev must renounce its demands for reparations from Moscow.

3. Ukraine must come to terms with the loss of Crimea and four other regions.

4. Putin will agree to a ceasefire only after Ukraine withdraws its troops from these regions.

5. The Kremlin wants all five regions to be recognized as Russian at the international level.

Previously, other media outlets published similar demands with reference to sources.

🇰🇵North Korean leader Kim Jong-un conducted combat exercises of the Air Force squadrons in air attack and air defense.

He told the air squadron's servicemen that all parts of the army must always be ready to enter the war.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Strikes by kamikaze drones " Geran-2 " on ammunition depots of the 117th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​the settlement of Zolotoy Kolodez in the Oktyabrsky direction.

🇷🇺🇺🇦The Yolka interceptor drone successfully destroys a Ukrainian kamikaze drone. Video from September 2024.

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️Telephone conversation between Putin and Trump will take place on May 19 – Kremlin.

On Monday, two world leaders will decide the fate of Ukraine.

After Putin, Trump will call Zelensky. Trump said that after the call on Monday, with a high degree of probability, a ceasefire agreement will be reached

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦The United States has presented a strong peace plan and we welcome the prisoner exchange agreement reached in Istanbul, said US Secretary of State Rubio.

"Let us not waste this enormous opportunity. It is time to end this war," the secretary of state wrote.

🇷🇺🇺🇦The commander of the 47th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Magura", which is fighting in the Kursk direction, submitted a report for dismissal and accused the command of "moronic decisions" that led to unjustified losses of personnel

On his Facebook page, Alexander Shirshin stated that “political” games and assessments of the real state of affairs do not correspond to either reality or possibilities.”

He also promised to provide details later.

🇺🇦🇷🇺Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine Budanov:

Next week there will be a large-scale exchange of prisoners of war - 1000 for 1000.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Medvedev threatened a “more terrible war” if the West issues ultimatums in the negotiation process on Ukraine.

"All enemies of Russia who issue ultimatums about negotiations should remember a simple thing: peace negotiations in themselves do not always lead to the cessation of military actions. Unsuccessful negotiations can lead to the beginning of a more terrible stage of war with new weapons and participants," said the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council.