Donald Trump: I don’t know if Putin will be at the Ukraine talks in Constantinople tomorrow
The US president has left open the possibility of going to Turkey - Zelensky insists that Trump's presence will give Putin additional incentive to go to Turkey
Putin may have called for direct talks with Ukraine to break the US-Europe front, says the BBC
While Donald Trump was welcoming the proposal, European leaders expressed objections and spoke of a welcome but not sufficient step, the British network comments
Zelensky: First ceasefire, then talks with Russia – “Negotiations will be based on the situation on the ground,” Kremlin says
Putin proposed immediate negotiations on Thursday in Istanbul while Europeans and Trump were talking about a ceasefire from Monday