Russia has proposed a selected date and venue for the following spherical of talks with Ukraine, Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, who leads Moscow's delegation in ongoing negotiations, mentioned on Could 28.
Medinsky claimed he personally referred to as Ukrainian Protection Minister Rustem Umerov to counsel holding a gathering "within the coming days" to trade draft memoranda outlining circumstances for a possible ceasefire. He emphasised that Russia is ready to start substantive negotiations on every level of a future complete settlement at that assembly.
"The Ukrainian facet went to seek the advice of, and it appears these consultations are taking a while," Medinsky wrote on Telegram. "We’re prepared to fulfill in particular person on the date we’ve got set — within the subsequent few days — to start out work."
Ukrainian officers haven’t publicly commented on the decision.
The announcement follows a Could 16 assembly between Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Istanbul, the place the 2 sides failed to succeed in settlement on a 30-day ceasefire, as Russia continued pushing its maximalist calls for.
Ukraine had provided a right away halt to hostilities, an all-for-all prisoner swap, and a summit between Presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin. Russia insisted Kyiv withdraw from 4 partially occupied Ukrainian areas it claims to have annexed.
Regardless of the impasse, either side agreed on a 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner trade.
Earlier, Reuters reported that Moscow's calls for for a ceasefire additionally embrace a written pledge that NATO is not going to broaden additional eastward, successfully blocking Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova from becoming a member of, in addition to the lifting of some Western sanctions, decision of frozen Russian property, and what it calls the safety of Russian-speaking Ukrainians.
Regardless of requires the continuation of peace talks, Russia has intensified its assaults on civilians. Russian forces launched a three-day wave of aerial assaults from Could 24 to Could 26, firing greater than 600 drones and dozens of missiles throughout Ukraine.
On Could 26, Russia carried out the largest drone assault of the full-scale warfare, which reportedly concerned 355 Shahed-type assault drones and decoys.
The Kyiv IndependentKateryna Hodunova