The third round of peace negotiations between Moscow and Kiev will take place on Wednesday 23 July in Turkeythe Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj announced on Monday. The Russian side has not immediately confirmed this, TASR reports according to the AFP report.
Turkish Istanbul was also the first two rounds of direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiationswhich delegations led on 16 May and then 2 June. However, these meetings did not lead to a shift to end the war in Ukraine. The parties only agreed on the extensive exchange of prisoners of war and fallen soldiers. These exchanges took place gradually in June.
“Today I am (Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council) Rustem UMIMO He discussed the preparation of the exchange and another meeting with the Russian party in Turkey. Umerov informed that the meeting is scheduled for Wednesday. More detailed information will be available tomorrow (Tuesday), ”said Zelenskyj in his regular speech published on the telegram.
The Ukrainian leader has said several times in recent days that peace negotiations with Russia need to be intensified and a maximum to achieve a ceasefire. In addition, he reiterated that He is ready to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday that Moscow is willing to negotiate a peace with Kiev, but continues to reach its goals.
According to AP, Russia urges that any peace agreement should lead to Ukraine withdrawing from its four areas, which Russia illegally annexed in September 2022, although it has never completely planted them. Also He wants Ukraine to give up its ambition to join NATO and accept the strict restrictions of its armed forces.
Kiev and its Western allies have rejected these requirements and accuse Moscow of delays of peace negotiations, which in turn repeatedly rejected Peskov and other Russian officials. Meanwhile, Russia intensifies its attacks on Ukraine, and it sends hundreds of drones and missiles almost daily. Analysts expect these attacks to be further increased.
