Russia attacks Ukraine again – Trump announces “big week”

According to Kiev, Russia resumed his drone attacks against Ukraine after his three -day ceasefire. In the night and in the morning, the capital Kiev and several areas, including Odessa, Kharkiw and Dnipropetrovsk, again reported an air alarm and increased drone attacks for the first time. Nothing was known about damage at first. In Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko asked people to seek protection in bunkers.

The ceasefire arranged by Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin for the celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War had expired at midnight (11:00 p.m. CEST). Moscow does not initially want to implement a 30-day ceasefire that was required on Saturday by the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj and important European allies.

In the event of a rejection of the ceasefire by Moscow, Western supporters of Ukraine announced new sanctions against Russia. The Kremlin reacted calmly and emphasized that Russia could not be put under pressure.

In return, Putin suggested direct negotiations with Ukraine to terminate the conflict for such a possible step in a ceasefire. As an appointment, he named the coming Thursday in Istanbul. The conversations should be continued at the point where they were canceled in 2022 after the start of the war. A reaction from Kyiv was initially not available.

Putin emphasized that Russia was ready for a solution to the conflict in conversations without priority. “The decision now lies with the Ukrainians and their curators,” he said. With curators he means the EU and the USA. “Those who really want peace cannot help support this,” he said.

While Ukraine and its western allies require a ceasefire in order to negotiate a peaceful solution to the conflict in peace, Russia only wants to end the fights if the conflict is previously solved during negotiations.

In this complicated situation, US President Donald Trump surprisingly expressed himself that an end to the fights in the Ukraine War could come. “A big day for Russia and Ukraine,” he wrote against the background of the latest diplomatic advances on his online language tube Truth Social. “Think of the hundreds of thousands of life that can be saved when this endless ‘bloodbath’ will hopefully come to an end.” He will continue to work on both sides to ensure that this is done. “A big week is imminent!”

The Ukraine and important European allies ultimately asked Moscow to an unconditional longer ceasefire on Saturday from Monday. Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU), French President Emmanuel Macron, the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk had traveled to Kiev and threatened Moscow with new sanctions if the fire break was not agreed. According to their own statements, the heads of state and government voted in a phone call with Trump, who has been calling for a ceasefire for a long time.