Russia proposed to Ukraine short-term, 24- to 48-hour breaks in the fighting to pick up injured soldiers and bodies of the fallen. This was stated after the end of the meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, head of the Russian delegation Vladimir Medinsky, according to which the positions of the parties are very distant from each other.
According to him, Moscow offered Kiev to return 3000 bodies of fallen Ukrainian soldiers, the parties also agreed to exchange at least 1200 prisoners of war on each side and discussed the return of displaced civilians. According to its boss of its negotiating team Rustem Usem, Ukraine proposed a meeting to Russia at the end of August. Russian proposals for short -term humanitarian breaks in the fighting are not according to Ukraine the real landingwrites TASR.
“We have long discussed the opinions that our parties expressed in the memorandum submitted for the last time. The positions are quite distant. We agreed to continue our contacts, “Medinsky said at a press conference after the third round of interviews that in a wider format They lasted approximately 40 minutes. Between four eyes before He spoke Medinsky with UMIMER.
According to the media, the head of the Ukrainian delegation said that Ukraine is ready for an immediate ceasefire, and called on Russia to prove a “constructive and realistic approach”. At the same time announced the draft of Kiev to organize a meeting by the end of August The heads of the states of Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin, which would also be attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump.
“The Ukrainian delegation suggested that this meeting performed in August. Why? Because any day in this period falls into the vision of our partners, especially the United States, And by the deadline set by President Trump to find a solution, ”said Ukrainian Pravda’s server.
Trump has made its dissatisfaction with Moscow’s approach in recent weeks, While threatened by imposing secondary sanctions in the form of 100 % duties on its business partners, If within 50 days the war against Ukraine does not finish. Medinsky, however, noted that The meeting of Putin with Greenlands needs to be thoroughly prepared and that it should only be used to sign a possible peace agreement, not for negotiations.
The topic of the negotiations was also the question of the return of displaced civilians. The Russian negotiator specified that it was related to the fact that Ukraine was detained by approximately 30 inhabitants of the Russian Kursk region, where the Ukrainian forces invaded the Ukrainian forces last August. Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry and Greeding Ministry confirmed that at the time of negotiations in Istanbul, Kiev and Moscow exchanged the remaining prisoners of war in accordance with the agreement that came from a meeting of 2 June. The parties then agreed to exchange the sick and seriously injured.
