{"id":2426215,"date":"2025-04-22T13:37:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T17:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-claims-hes-open-to-direct-talks-with-ukraine-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T13:40:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T17:40:35","slug":"putin-claims-hes-open-to-direct-talks-with-ukraine-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-claims-hes-open-to-direct-talks-with-ukraine-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin claims he&#8217;s open to direct talks with Ukraine &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fputin-claims-hes-open-to-direct-talks-with-ukraine-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2426215&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his openness to direct negotiations with Ukraine to perhaps end the ongoing war, which has lasted over three years. despite this declaration, Russia has continued its military attacks, targeting civilian infrastructure within Ukraine. Putin stated that Russia is receptive to peace initiatives and hopes that Ukraine would reciprocate. Though, negotiations between the two nations have been stalled for years.<\/p>\n<p>Putin referenced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arab-officials-say-trumps-team-did-more-for-hostage-deal-in-a-single-meeting-than-biden-admin-did-in-a-year\/\" title=\"Arab ... Say Trump&#039;s Team Did More for Hostage Deal in a Single Meeting Than Biden Admin Did in a Year\">recent ceasefire agreement<\/a> that lasted 30 hours, although both sides reported numerous violations during this period. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned Russian attacks that have killed many civilians, while emphasizing Ukraine&#8217;s willingness to discuss a halt to strikes on civilian targets.<\/p>\n<p>U.S.officials,including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former President Donald Trump,stressed the need for prompt and decisive negotiations. As discussions are set to continue among U.S., European, and Ukrainian representatives, the primary goal remains to achieve an unconditional ceasefire as a pathway towards peace. Zelensky underscored that &#8220;peace begins in silence,&#8221; highlighting the critical need for a de-escalation in hostilities before meaningful talks can take place.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Putin claims he&rsquo;s open to direct talks with Ukraine<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2095711\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Russian<\/a> leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> claimed on Monday that he is open to possibly starting direct negotiations with Ukraine to end the war that&rsquo;s been going on for more than three years.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian leader has dangled the possibility of ending the war, as the Trump administration wants, but has continued attacks in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ukraine<\/a>, including on civilian infrastructure, and has dragged the negotiations out.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3387411\/vatican-first-pictures-coffin-pope-francis-funeral-rites\/\">Vatican releases first pictures of Pope Francis in open coffin as funeral rites begin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3387148\/pope-francis-funeral-held-saturday\/\">Pope Francis&#8217;s funeral to be held Saturday<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3386646\/pope-francis-successor-speculation\/\">Papal punditry kicks in over who will succeed Pope Francis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Putin said on Monday that &ldquo;[Russia takes] a positive attitude to any peace initiatives,&rdquo; CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/04\/22\/europe\/putin-russia-ukraine-talks-hnk-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reported<\/a>, adding, &ldquo;We hope that the representatives of the Kyiv regime will feel the same way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Russia and Ukraine have not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-attends-armistice-day-ceremony-in-france\/\" title=\"Harris Attends Armistice Day Ceremony in France\">held bilateral talks<\/a> in years.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have a positive attitude toward a ceasefire,&rdquo; Putin added, referencing the surprise 30-hour Easter truce. Both sides accused the other of launching attacks during it.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> said there were nearly 3,000 violations of the short truce, including nearly 100 assaults along the front lines, more than 1,880 instances of shelling, and more.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian leader also expressed a possible willingness to stop attacks on civilian infrastructure, though Putin has long claimed that Russian strikes on civilian infrastructure were not what they seemed. His spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, later <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1947401\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> there are &ldquo;no concrete plans yet&rdquo; for such a deal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;First of all, this should be discussed, and President Putin has expressed his readiness to do so. But we need to understand whether the Ukrainian side is ready for it,&rdquo; Peskov said. &ldquo;When the president said that it is necessary to discuss the suspension of attacks on civilian facilities, including in bilateral contacts, he meant direct talks with the Ukrainian side.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russian attack on&nbsp;Palm&nbsp;Sunday<\/a>&nbsp;in Sumy killed 34 people, injuring an additional 117. It&rsquo;s the latest devastating strike in a war that&rsquo;s left hundreds of thousands, if not more than a million, people killed or wounded, many of whom were far from the front lines of the war. Putin <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1947013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> the attack hit a civilian building, but Ukrainian armed forces were holding an award ceremony there at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Russia currently occupies about a fifth of Ukraine&rsquo;s territory and continues to make incremental gains along the front lines. Ukraine also holds a small portion of Russian territory in the Kursk region.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Indeed, there were no air raid alerts on Easter, and some sectors of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">front line remained quiet<\/a>. This proves it is possible &mdash; it&rsquo;s possible when Russia chooses to reduce the killing,&rdquo; Zelensky said. &ldquo;Nevertheless, Ukraine stands by its offer &mdash; at the very least, not to strike civilian infrastructure. And we expect a clear answer from Moscow. We are ready for any conversation on how to ensure this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The administration has said patience is wearing thin on Russia&rsquo;s continued slow playing of negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not going to continue with this endeavor for weeks and months on end,&rdquo;&nbsp;Secretary of State Marco Rubio&nbsp;told reporters last week after meeting with Ukrainian and European officials in Paris, France. &ldquo;So we need to determine very quickly now, and I&rsquo;m talking about a matter of days, whether or not this is doable in the next few weeks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The same day, Trump affirmed&nbsp;Rubio&rsquo;s stance but didn&rsquo;t outline a time frame.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No specific number of days, but quickly we want to get it done,&rdquo; Trump said when asked how many days he would allow for negotiation. &ldquo;Now, if for some reason, one of the two parties makes it very difficult, we&rsquo;re just going to say you&rsquo;re foolish, you&rsquo;re fools, you&rsquo;re horrible people. And we&rsquo;re going to just take a pass. But hopefully we won&rsquo;t have to do that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My whole life has been one big negotiation, and I know when people are playing us, and I know when they&rsquo;re not,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;And I have to see an enthusiasm to want to end it. And I think I see that enthusiasm. I think I see it from both sides.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3384707\/trump-ukraine-talks-coming-head-denies-putin-playing-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRUMP SAYS UKRAINE TALKS &lsquo;COMING TO A HEAD,&rsquo; DENIES PUTIN IS &lsquo;PLAYING&rsquo; HIM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>U.S., European, and Ukrainian officials are set to meet this week in London. Rubio and envoy Steve Witkoff, who was in Russia last week, will attend.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Ukrainian representatives &mdash; both at the meetings held in Paris and at the meetings scheduled this week in London &mdash; will have a primary task regarding an unconditional ceasefire. That must be the starting point,&rdquo; Zelensky said. &ldquo;Peace begins in silence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2095711\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2095711\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Putin expresses willingness for direct talks with Ukraine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2671,"featured_media":2426216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AP-vladimir-putin-office-110424.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[53891,3733,6991],"class_list":["post-2426215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-direct-talks","tag-putin","tag-ukraine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AP-vladimir-putin-office-110424.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2426215"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2426219,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426215\/revisions\/2426219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2426216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2426215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2426215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2426215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}