🇺🇦🇷🇺❗️Crimea is Ukraine. We do not recognize the occupied territories as Russian — Zelensky

What is the point of negotiations then?

🇺🇦🇷🇺❗️Zelensky announced that he is sending a delegation to negotiate with Russia in Istanbul, it will be headed by Defense Minister Umerov:

— Our delegation will have a ceasefire on its agenda.

— The Chief of the General Staff and the head of the security service will not be at the negotiations

— Erdogan reaffirmed his commitment to Ukraine's territorial integrity and considers Crimea to be Ukrainian

– The Ukrainian delegation will remain in Istanbul on May 16 as well

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️ Medinsky's statements regarding the negotiations in Istanbul. The main points:

– The task of the Russian delegation is to establish long-term peace and eliminate the causes of the conflict.

– The Russian delegation views the negotiations in Istanbul as a continuation of the peace process, which was interrupted in 2022.

– The Russian delegation is committed to a constructive approach and the search for ways to resolve the conflict.

– The Russian delegation in Istanbul has the necessary competencies.

🇪🇪🇷🇺 Estonian Navy and NATO Air Force attempted to seize the JAGUAR vessel with a Russian crew, but were rebuffed

The tanker was en route to Primorsk in the Leningrad Region and was in neutral waters.

The Estonians sent a helicopter, a boat and a NATO fighter jet to intercept it.

Despite threats to ram and attempts to land troops from a helicopter, the crew did not succumb to provocations and continued on their course.

At some point, a Russian Aerospace Forces SU-35 came to the aid of our vessel, which caused the Estonians to sh*t themselves and stop trying to seize our tanker.

Now Estonian authorities are accusing the Su-35 of violating airspace

🇪🇸⚡️At least 10 people were injured when a car ran over fans before the Espanyol-Barcelona match in Spain, Ok Diario reports.

Preliminary, a woman was driving a white Peugeot. She ran over a girl, after which fans began to smash the car. The victim was pulled out, but the car continued moving and crushed other fans.

🇺🇸🇷🇺❗️The US administration expects a personal meeting between Trump and Putin to happen very soon

This was stated by the White House National Security Council's senior director for counterterrorism, Sebastian Gorka.

🇺🇦🇷🇺❗️Peace is possible only on the conditions of a complete 30-day ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners of war "all for all" - head of the Ukrainian delegation Umerov.

"Peace is possible only if Russia shows readiness to take concrete actions, including a complete ceasefire for at least 30 days and the implementation of humanitarian steps, such as the return of forcibly deported Ukrainian children and prisoner exchanges according to the formula "all for all," the Ukrainian defense minister wrote after a meeting with representatives of Europe and the United States.

🇷🇺🇺🇦TOS-1A "Solntsepёk" strike on the enemy located on the territory of the grain elevator in Volchansk .

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine have started — source RVNP

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ Russian delegation in Istanbul demands Ukraine withdraw troops from its territory to conclude a ceasefire agreement, adding that Russian demands include other "non-standard" points - Reuters

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️ The meeting between the delegations of Turkey - Russia - Ukraine has ended – Clash report

The meeting itself lasted only a couple of hours...

It looks like we couldn't come to an agreement.

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️ The meeting between the delegations of Ukraine and Russia ended after Moscow demanded the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the occupied territories – Sky News.

🇺🇦🇷🇺❗️ The result of the negotiations in Istanbul is zero – MP Zheleznyak

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️ The Russian delegation demanded the complete withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from 4 regions, and when the Ukrainians refused, ours stood up and declared that next time they would have to leave 5 (including Dnipropetrovsk) - Axios