Russia has asked Ukraine more territories of negotiations in Istanbul
| This request, together with others, whom the Ukrainian employee claims to have been negotiated on Friday, exceeds the terms of a peace agreement project, which the United States offered last month after consultation with Moscow. |
Negotiations in Istanbul, which have been the first direct contacts between the two countries for three years, ended with an agreement on the exchange of prisoners, but failed to agree to end the fire.
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A Ukrainian source commented on Friday that the Russians had set « impossible » conditions without giving details.
- Withdraws of Ukrainian troops from Donetska, Zaporozha, Kherson and Lugansk regions In Ukraine, only then there can be a ceasefire. The regions are largely or partially controlled by Russian forces, but Ukrainian troops are still struggling to retain the unauthorized parts. There was no such request in the US -prepared agreement.
- International recognition that Five parts of Ukraine: Crimea Peninsula, annexed in 2014, as well as Donetsk, Luganska, Kherson and Zaporozhz regions – are Russian. The US project offered only de Jure recognition from the United States for Crimea and de facto recognition from the United States for the parts controlled by Russia of other regions.
- Ukraine becomes a neutral countrythere are no weapons of mass destruction and Kiev’s allies will not have their troops on Ukrainian land. This request was missing from the US proposal.
- All parties to the conflict give up their claims to receive compensation for military damage. The US proposal envisaged Ukraine to receive compensation.
| According to the Ukrainian employee, the Russian negotiators have submitted these requests verbally without providing any written document containing their terms. |
Ukraine has already commented that the position of the Russian delegation in Istanbul shows that Moscow is not serious about peace. Kyiv’s European allies are pressure on US President Donald Trump to impose new sanctions on Russia.
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The head of the Russian delegation of the negotiations expressed satisfaction with the meeting in Istanbul and said that Moscow was ready to continue negotiating with Kiev.
Kiev and European allies have prepared an alternative proposal stating that there must first be a ceasefire in order to start negotiations. Any discussion on the territory was postponed later.
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