Kremlin does not rule out the meeting of Putin and Selenskyj

After the first direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskow has not excluded a meeting between the heads of state of both countries for three years. He cited progress in the negotiations as a prerequisite, but remained vague in detail: « Such a meeting as a result of the work of the delegations of both sides is possible when certain agreements are reached by these delegations, » he told TAS’s state Russian news agency. The occupation of the Russian delegation, which the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj had described as second -class, remains unchanged.

In the talks between the warring parties in Istanbul, the Ukrainian delegation had called for a meeting between Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin and Selenskyj, according to the Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinski. « We took note of this, » he was then quoted by Russian media.

Peskow: Russia works on list for ceasefire

A ceasefire had not been achieved during the conversations. Peskow now confirmed that Moscow was working on a list of conditions for a ceasefire. The Russian side prepares them, hand over and swap them with the Ukrainian side.

So far, contacts between Moscow and Washington have not existed after the negotiations. France’s President Emmanuel Macron, on the other hand, had already made calls to US President Trump on Friday afternoon with Selenskyj, Chancellor Friedrich Merz as well as Great Britain Premier Keir Strander and Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Ukraine has been defending itself against a Russian invasion with western help for more than three years.