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Putin is direct talks with Ukraine. Holy shit. Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to has shrugged off demands for an immediate unconditional ceasefire starting tomorrow. European leaders and the U.S. are trying to put pressure on Putin to agree to the month-long ceasefire. And the hopes, of course, is to bring an end to this three-year-long war. Yesterday, Putin proposed direct negotiations, but he wants them done in Istanbul.

And on Thursday, it made no mention of the ceasefire. At responding to Putin's speech, Ukraine, President, Vlad, Vladimir Zelensky said it's a positive sign that Russians have finally begun to consider ending the war. That's good. And that Kiev is ready for direct talks with Russia. CNN has Sebs Shukla. He's following the latest in London. I sure hope this happens, bro.

This shit's been going on for three fucking years. And we're going to start with Nick Payne Walsh. She is in Kiev. And Nick, think about how many billions of dollars got wasted over this shit. me that, you know, you were kind of off the out of the camera lens because there is a threat that's happening now that's in direct context of this ceasefire discussion. Yeah, I mean, it's not uncommon here for there to be air raid sirens. We had some early this morning.

We've had some in the last 10 minutes. Yeah, sure. Specifically, the Ukrainian Air Force warning of a ballistic missile threat. He said I'll meet with Putin on Thursday. Oh, my God. As I say, not uncommon. Every night, Ukraine, with the exception of a couple of nights during Russia's unilaterally declared ceasefire in which they continue front line fighting. Every night Ukraine is hit by Russian attack drones and often ballistic missiles too. That's just some context, though, for this discussion of diplomacy, which at times can feel very ethereal and detached from the grisory reality here of missiles being fired, often at civilian areas.

So where we are today is a... European demand with Ukraine and with US backing for a 30-day unconditional ceasefire has not been accepted at this point by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Indeed, in very late night comments early this morning, indeed, he talked about how Ukraine hadn't honored previous ceasefires. Ukraine says Russia hasn't either. There's evidence, frankly, that these have been very rocky when they've been declared unilaterally, certainly in terms of Moscow's adherence to them. He talks to about the need for direct negotiation. between Ukraine and Russia and gave a date for that, Istanbul, on Thursday.

Now, none of that is new. There have been talks between some parties in Istanbul in the past, and indeed, too, the idea of direct talks between the two countries has been agreed to in different types of wording by both Kiev and Moscow. So what Putin, I think, is suggesting is another diplomatic phase here in a country and a capital, in Istanbul, a city where indeed we've seen diplomacy before. But we've heard from the French President Emmanuel Macron, who did a lot of the lifting to get us to this point of the demand for a ceasefire, speaking to President Trump in the past

days many times indeed. He called this, suggests this was another delaying tactic. He said in a tweet and a post on social media that there must be a ceasefire first, that you can't have negotiations while civilians are indeed being shelled. He's right about that. I mean, it just makes sense. Yeah, that was the same logic that I was like, because you remember how like whenever Trump paused the tariffs to do a negotiation, this is the same logic that I was using.

Like, yeah, of course, right? 100%. By Russian bombs. And so it appears the European demand remains the same. That's been echoed by Ukraine's President, Bola Mizalensky, that ceasefire first then talks. What we don't know yet is if, indeed, the White House, President Trump putting a very positive post out after Putin's comments last night.

We don't know if that is in fact going to result in the massive sanctions that French President Emmanuel Macron talked about yesterday as being the consequence if Russia doesn't sign up to the ceasefire. He said he had American backing for that. Donald Trump said he continued to work with Ukraine and Russia to be sure this process move forwards. We don't know the timing of when those potential consequences might. I mean, how can they put that many sanctions on Russia? already that aren't already on them. And also, don't they rely on Russia? I know Germany does. They rely on Russia for tons of energy.

So I don't know really how much they could actually do. Or indeed, if they'll have the same kind of hard backing. Not anymore. They were able to move away from it. Yesterday in Kiev. Nick Payton Walls for us there in Kiev. Thanks so much. Let's go now to CNN, Sebastian Shukla in London.

Sebastian, the consequences as... German here? I'm pretty sure you... We don't know yet. That's good. What is clear is that this is not going to satisfy Europe after they set that ultimatum, that demand just yesterday. Yeah, I think that's right.

What the Kremlin and President Putin are trying to do here is move the ball back into Western Europe's court here and say, look, okay, you guys are prepared to put an ultimatum on us, of this ceasefire, which needs to begin on Monday. But what President Putin is doing is saying, okay, I, I, I, I, I'm ready. raise your 30-day ceasefire ultimatum on Monday. I'm going to say, let's have direct talks between Kiev and Moscow, which is something, as Nick was saying, is not new, but hasn't certainly haven't happened since the early days of the invasion in February

2022. So this is President Putin again trying to pull the rug and fool and trick the West into thinking that he is making and serious about peace and ending. I mean, I really can't say he's probably like, I mean, really, he's been. fucking around the lot. I mean, yeah, it's why I watched CNN. Well, I mean, they're just explaining what happened, right? I mean, I try to watch people always criticize.

It's funny because, like, people criticize me for watching Fox News. And then when I watch CNN, people criticize me for watching CNN. I think some people just don't want to hear things they disagree with. That's all. The war in Ukraine. There may be some substance to that. Don't forget that the administration led by Donald Trump. has been, has kowtowed to Moscow in many ways.

You know, it sidelined Ukraine. It's sidelined its European partners and held direct talks with Moscow. Yeah, of course. But then that rhetoric changed again, where we saw Senator Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, come out and say, well, look, we're losing patience. And the administration. Isn't it crazy that White House crash out with Zelensky was like, it's crazy to go back on that and remember that even happened?

That was a crazy level of a crash out. Strung on a little by the Kremlin. Live on TV and everything. This made you get another ploy by Moscow to be able to say, look, no, we're serious about negotiations. But within all of this, the context and framework is so important. You can say you want to have the discussions. But so far, President Zelensky and nobody else has ruled out attending them. Seb Shukla, Forrest, in London, thanks so much.

Do you think that this offer from President Putin attempting to skip by this request or this demand for a 30-day ceasefire and go straight to talks in Istanbul on Thursday, will be enough to peel off President Trump who wants a quick finish, who wants a win from what we saw from him yesterday. They're trying to make Trump. Standing shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine and the rest of Europe. Yeah.

I think it's designed to do that. Trump wants to, wants quick action, and Russia is showing that it is on the side of peace. And I think Zelensky's response is also designed to appease Trump to say, look, I'm not the one. They say they, they, wait, what? Wait, what? The Russia's on the side of peace? Wait, what?

In the way of peace. The Europeans, I think, are taking the more realistic view. We've heard from President Macron of France saying, this is Russia just buying time. I think that's the more accurate description of it. Yeah, that's probably what's going on. Moscow and Kiev are signaling towards Washington, not towards the Europeans. Bobby Gose, always good to have you. Sure.

Thank you. If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. How would you settle that war in one day? Because I'll meet with Putin, I'll meet with Zelensky. Yep, that did not happen. They both have weaknesses and they both have strengths. And within 24 hours, that war will be settled. I will have the horrible war between Russia and Ukraine totally settled.

I'll have it done in 24 hours. Yep. So it's been more than 24 hours since the president became president. became president again. Putin did say overnight that he's open to direct talks, unconditional talks with Ukraine, but Zelensky says there must be a ceasefire first over the weekend. The U.S. and European leaders put sanctions against Russia. But they did not agree. He didn't try. How do you make the way that Trump has been handling the situation so far?

You heard that clip and you heard it from this report from reporting the Libya was talking about. He's very relational and he's a nationalist. He has very good relationships with people like Modi, with Putin, quite frankly, and they have their own interests. Modi has his own interest, his own popularity base in India, because of Hindu nationalism, because of the way he's run that country, it turns out when America pulls back a bit from the world

and encourages nationalist impulses, and national leaders of Modi who's seen by some of India as a strong man, they don't always act on America's best interests. Russia's not acting in America's interest, Russia's acting in its own. Ukraine and Europe have less faith in the administration, actually the United States is a broker than they did. They're looking more towards each country's individual interest.

And I think you're starting to see the very beginnings of what that means. If the United States is not swooping in with a deal, if it's dealing with these countries as they are, with their own intent, with what's best for their polities, they're going to get a different deal. You saw in India, one of one story that came out of this was Chinese Chinese Chengdu plane. A plane that China was manufacturing performed very well, a reminder that there is a, vast power much closer to India with more history there. Did he see the video game footage? Oh, geez.

It has its own influence growing in the region because America is pulling out. So there are a lot of complications that are harder than getting a deal one day because you're friends with the prime minister. Sure, right. Okay, well, there it is. And this guy's a comedian, right? Yeah, India and China are friends. Yes. Oh, my God. Armour's got another victim. Wow, bro. Like, how do you play this? shit and like I don't even know how you do this like this is unbelievable how this fucking happens but I guess this is the way the world is now right