内容摘要：Demonstrators light flares during a protest demanding a cease-fire deal and the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Demonstrators light flares during a protest demanding a cease-fire deal and the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)“We have enough strength and means to bring what was started in 2022 to a logical conclusion with the outcome Russia requires,” he said.

a revamped version of Russia’sin November 2024, spelling out the circumstances that allow him to use Moscow’s atomic arsenal, the world’s largest. That version lowered the bar, giving him that option in response to even a conventional attack backed by a nuclear power.In the film, Putin also said Russia did not launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine — what he called a “special military operation” — in 2014, when it illegally annexed Crimea, because it was “practically unrealistic.”

“The country was not ready for such a frontal confrontation with the entire collective West,” he said. He claimed also that Russia “sincerely sought to solve the problem of Donbas by peaceful means.”Putin said that reconciliation with Ukraine was “inevitable.”

Russia and Ukraine, however, remain are at odds over competing ceasefire proposals.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a ceasefire is possible “even from today” if Moscow is serious about ending the war.“We’re not afraid of dying from missiles,” he said. “We’re afraid that our children will die of hunger in front of us.”

Displaced Palestinians prepare bread in a makeshift oven in Gaza City, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)Displaced Palestinians prepare bread in a makeshift oven in Gaza City, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Lidman reported from Jerusalem. Associated Press writer Samy Magdy contributed from Cairo.KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that he will be waiting for his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in the Turkish capital this week to conduct face-to-face talks about