Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed a European call for an immediate 30-day cease-fire in the ongoing Ukraine conflict, offering instead to commence direct peace talks with Kyiv in Istanbul on May 15, without any preconditions.

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Moscow: US President Donald Trump has called for Ukraine to “immediately” initiate direct negotiations with Russia to end the ongoing conflict, bypassing Ukraine’s insistence on a cease-fire before any such talks begin.

According to Radio Free Euro…