Zelenskyy hopes for ceasefire with Russia and says he'll be 'waiting for Putin' in Turkey personally

Zelenskyy said on X on Sunday morning that it was a “positive sign that the Russians have finally begun to consider ending the war” and said that “the entire world has been waiting for this for a very long time.” In another post on Sunday, the U.S. president said Ukraine should accept Moscow's offer “to meet on Thursday, in Turkey, to negotiate a possible end to the BLOODBATH.” He added, however, that he was “starting to doubt that Ukraine will make a deal with Putin.” According to the Kremlin’s readout of the phone call, Erdogan “fully supported the Russian proposal, emphasizing his readiness to provide” a platform for the talks in Istanbul, as well as “all possible assistance in organizing and holding the negotiations aimed at achieving sustainable peace.”