Russia is willing to negotiate a peace with Ukraine, but continues to reach its goals, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday, according to AP. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zeranskyj the day before announced that Kiev had proposed to Moscow organized a new round of peace negotiations next week, and again called on Personal meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putininforms TASR.
This year, two rounds of Russian-Ukrainian peace negotiations in Istanbul have been held. However, the talks did not lead to a shift to end the war. The parties only agreed on the extensive exchange of prisoners of war and fallen soldiers. These exchanges took place gradually in June.
“President Putin has repeatedly spoken of his desire to close the settlement in Ukraine as soon as possible. It is a long process, it requires effort and it is not easy. It is most important for us to achieve our goals; They are clear and have not changed. However, this process does not depend only on us, ”said Peskov Rapporteur of the Russian State Television and Radio Society Vgtrk Pavel Zrubin.
Moscow according to AP insists that any peace agreement should lead to this In order to withdraw Ukraine from its four areas, which Russia illegally annexed in September 2022, although it has never completely planted them. He also wants Ukraine to give up its ambition to enter NATO and accept the strict limitations of its armed forces.
Kiev and its Western allies rejected these requirements And accuse Moscow of delays of peace negotiations, which in turn repeatedly rejected Peskov and other Russian officials. Meanwhile, Russia is intensifying its attacks on Ukraine, with hundreds of drones and missiles aired almost daily. Analysts expect these attacks to be further increased.
Greeding on Saturday reiterated that interviews with Russia need more dynamics. In this context, he asked the new Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council to intensify them. The result is to send the proposal to Russia in the order of the third meeting of representatives of the opposing countries.
Moscow has not yet officially responded on the proposal of Kiev. An unnamed source of the Russian agency TASS said on Saturday that they have not yet agreed on the date of further negotiations. “No date has been set yet, but it will,” said.
