Ukraine warfare briefing: Europe prepared with sanctions if no ceasefire after Istanbul talks | World information

European leaders have indicated they’ll press forward with additional sanctions in opposition to Russia – whether or not or not the US does likewise – if talks in Turkey on Thursday don’t produce a ceasefire. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, mentioned Europe would impose new sanctions if Moscow didn’t agree to the 30-day ceasefire. The German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, warned Russia on Tuesday that it might face contemporary European sanctions if there was no “actual progress” this week in the direction of peace in Ukraine, as he urged Putin to fulfill Zelenskyy. The European Union has already imposed 16 rounds of sanctions on Russia since Putin invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

It remained unclear on Tuesday night whether or not Vladimir Putin would settle for Voldoymyr Zelenskyy’s problem for the 2 presidents to fulfill in particular person. Zelenskyy is travelling to Ankara, the Turkish capital, to fulfill with its president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and has mentioned he’ll go to Istanbul if Putin exhibits up, writes Shaun Walker. “If Putin doesn’t arrive and performs video games, it’s the remaining level that he doesn’t need to finish the warfare.”

The EU’s high diplomat, Kaja Kallas, mentioned in Copenhagen on Tuesday: “I believe it’s a superb transfer in the event that they sit down … However I don’t suppose he dares, Putin.” If Putin doesn’t attend, and Zelenskyy doesn’t both, talks are nonetheless anticipated to be held at a decrease stage between Ukrainian and Russian delegations.

Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, mentioned that if Putin exhibits up, “President Trump can be there”. The US president is visiting the Center East. Kellogg, in addition to the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and Trump’s property supplier good friend Steve Witkoff are additionally reportedly anticipated in Turkey.

The Ukrainian overseas minister, Andrii Sybiha, known as on Brazil to assist persuade Putin to go to Istanbul. The leaders of China and Brazil, members with Russia of the Brics grouping, mentioned in a joint assertion they hoped direct dialogue may start as quickly as attainable.

Macron mentioned that Ukraine acknowledges it can not retake all of the territory seized by Russia since 2014 and warned that the west didn’t desire a “third world warfare”. “The warfare should stop and Ukraine have to be in the absolute best scenario to enter negotiations,” Macron mentioned. “Even the Ukrainians have the clear-sightedness to say they shouldn’t have the capability to retake all the things that has been taken since 2014.”

Russian guided bombs hit the north-eastern Ukrainian area of Kharkiv on Tuesday, killing at the least three individuals, a neighborhood official mentioned.

The Cannes movie pageant has begun by screening three 2025 Ukraine documentaries: Zelensky; Bernard-Henri Lévy’s Notre Guerre; and The Related Press-Frontline coproduction 2000 Meters to Andriivka, by Mstyslav Chernov who received an Oscar for 20 Days in Mariupol. “This ‘Ukraine Day’ is a reminder of the dedication of artists, authors and journalists to inform the story of this battle within the coronary heart of Europe,” the pageant mentioned in an announcement.