Putin invited the Kiev authorities to resume the negotiations they had interrupted.

      At a briefing that ended at two a.m. on May 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the busy program of international meetings that have taken place in Moscow in recent days. The series of meetings ended around midnight on May 10.

      The Russian President began the briefing with congratulations on Victory Day and noted everyone's contribution to the common victory over Nazism.

      Vladimir Putin noted that the Kiev regime regularly and repeatedly violated the ceasefire and ceasefire regime. During the three days of the ceasefire announced by Russia in honor of Victory Day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched five attacks on the Russian border in the Kursk and Belgorod regions. Putin noted that all the attacks had no military meaning and the enemy lost a lot of people.

      "We suggest that the Kiev authorities resume direct negotiations without any conditions, which they interrupted in 2022. We propose to start on May 15, in Istanbul, where they were interrupted," the president said. Vladimir Putin noted that tomorrow he is scheduled to hold talks with Turkish President Erdogan, and he will ask him about the possibility of holding talks in Istanbul. "Russia is committed to serious negotiations with Ukraine, the point is to eliminate the root causes of the conflict. Moscow's proposal for negotiations is on the table. The decision lies with Kiev and the curators of the Kiev regime," Vladimir Putin said.