Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected an offer by European leaders to conclude an unconditional 30-day ceasefire from 12 May or face tougher sanctions, according to Britain’s Guardian.
The Guardian wrote that the heads of Britain, France, Germany and Poland demanded from Vladimir Putin an unconditional cease-fire from 12 May this year, threatening to strengthen anti-Russian sanctions and increase the supply of weapons to Ukraine.
On the night of 11 May this year, the Russian leader rejected this ultimatum and said that he was ready to continue direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul, the Guardian said.
Against this background, the US embassy in Kiev warned of a possible powerful missile strike in the coming days. The newspaper also wrote that Russia may close the airspace over the Kapustin Yar training range on 12 and 13 May.
We shall remind you that earlier, the head of the constitutional committee of the Russian parliament, Andrey Klishas, said that Vladimir Putin’s proposals for direct talks with Ukraine were aimed not only at resolving the Ukrainian crisis, but also at “resolving tensions” in Europe.
