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"There is no point in prolonging the killings. And I will wait for Putin on Thursday in Turkey," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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"We cannot allow NATO's military infrastructure to get that close to our borders," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.
This week, the world watched in anticipation for Russia’s Victory Day parade after President Volodymyr Zelensky commented that he could not guarantee the safety of those attending. Meanwhile, the European Union moves one step forward to banning Russian gas from the European continent. It is also revealed this week that U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has fallen out of step with the White House.
"(Russian) President (Vladimir) Putin... doesn't want to have a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine, but rather wants to meet on Thursday, in Turkey, to negotiate a possible end to the bloodbath. Ukraine should agree to this, immediately," U.S. President Donald Trump said.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to to Antalya, Turkey, for a NATO foreign ministers’ meeting from May 14–16, where he is expected to address the war in Ukraine and push for stronger Allied defense commitments.
Preliminary findings suggest that one of the men killed the other before taking his own life.
Western leaders dismissed the Kremlin's proposal for talks in Istanbul on May 15 as insufficient.
The Kremlin said the leaders held a detailed discussion about the Russian initiative and Erdogan expressed full support, reiterating Turkey’s readiness to provide a venue and assist in organizing the negotiations.
Erdogan told Macron that international cooperation is critical for initiating peace negotiations and the "sensitive implementation" of Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction processes, the Turkish Presidency reported.
The pope said he was praying to God to grant the world the "miracle of peace."
Ushakov’s comments follow Russian President Vladimir Putin's May 11 invitation for direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul starting May 15.
The assault began around 2 a.m. on May 11, with Russian forces deploying 108 Shahed-type attack drones and decoy UAVs from multiple directions, Ukraine’s Air Force said.
Zelensky called a ceasefire the essential first step toward ending the war.
The number includes 1,310 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
"Think of the hundreds of thousands of lives that will be saved as this never ending 'bloodbath' hopefully comes to an end... I will continue to work with both sides to make sure that it happens."
Spain plans to provide Ukraine with four to six German-made Leopard 2 tanks a week after Berlin had authorized its allies to export them to the third country, the Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on Feb. 1, citing unnamed government sources.
The quantity will depend on the condition of Kyiv’s long-sought heavy weapons kept in storage and how many Leopards its allies are preparing to send to Ukraine, according to the sources.
The government has not disclosed how many Leopards it plans to send to Ukraine, whose troops continue to defend against fierce Russian assaults in the east and southeast of the country. After Berlin gave the green light on Jan. 25 for Leopard operators, such as Spain, to send their stocks to Ukraine, many nations have announced plans for the long-anticipated deliveries.
On Jan. 25, Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles told EFE news agency that her country is ready to send the Leopards to Ukraine, but like other leaders, did not disclose the quantity.
Spanish broadcaster RTVE reported on Jan. 26, citing Robles, that Spain could supply the Leopards currently at a military base in Zaragoza, but she reportedly added that “some of them cannot be used, and we are going to analyze which ones can be refurbed."
Though stored in varying conditions, Spain has 53 of the 108 Leopard 2A4 tanks at the Zaragoza military base, Reuters reported, citing Felix Arteaga, a security and defense researcher at the Madrid-based Elcano think-tank.
In total, Ukraine is set to receive 120-140 tanks in the first round of deliveries from Western allies, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said during a Jan. 31 briefing. He added that they would include German-made Leopard 2 tanks, British Challenger 2 tanks, American M1 Abrams tanks, and "we look forward to" French-made Leclerc tanks.
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