The ultimatum came Saturday out of Kyiv, where Volodymyr Zelensky sat down with the “Coalition of the Willing” — French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer — to discuss the US-led cease-fire plan. After the Kyiv meeting, Starmer warned of the “new and massive” sanctions and said there must be “no more ifs and buts, no more conditions and delays” by Putin, who has been accused of dragging his feet in ending the three-year war. “As soon as it was advanced by [the Trump administration], it was supported by President Putin with the reservation that it is very difficult to discuss this in detail if no answers are found to a large number of nuances around the notion of a cease-fire,” Peskov said Friday.
Author: Diana Glebova, Deirdre Bardolf
Published at: 2025-05-10 20:36:16
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