Ukraine ready to meet with Russia but puts conditions
Ukraine was declared on Wednesday prepared for more direct discussions with Russia on Monday, in Istanbul, Moscow must, she said, to provide in advance the conditions for peace for the meeting to give results, notes AFP.
« We are not opposed to new meetings with the Russians and we expect their memorandum, » said the Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Rustem Humorov, in a message on X.
« The Russian side has at least four days before its departure (to Istanbul) to provide us with the document for examination, » he added.
The head of the Russian delegation to the peace negotiations with Ukraine, Vladimir Medinski, said on Wednesday that he sent the Ukrainians proposals with a time and a place for a memorandum or conditions for the termination of battles.
Pressed by US President Donald Trump to end the bloodiest conflict in post-war Europe, the two belligerent states sent delegates to Istanbul this time in March 2022, one month from the beginning of the Russian invasion on the Ukrainian territory. The dialogue did not lead to an armistice.
Medinski wrote on Telegram that he called the Ukrainian Minister of Defense with proposals, including the date and place, for the next meeting. « Let me emphasize: right here, on the spot, we are ready to start a fundamental, consistent discussion of each point in the package of agreements regarding a possible cessation of fire, » he said.
