Putin says he is open to direct peace talks with Ukraine

Reuters - Dawn - 21/04
The two sides are not known to have held any such talks since a failed peace effort in the early months of the war three years ago.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, under pressure from Washington to show willingness to make peace in Ukraine, proposed on Monday bilateral talks with Kyiv for the first time in years, and said he was open to more ceasefires after a one-day Easter truce.

Putin said fighting had resumed after his surprise 30-hour ceasefire, which he announced unilaterally on Saturday. Both sides had accused each other of violating Putin’s truce, which Kyiv had largely dismissed from the outset as a stunt.

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