Russia's memorandum on a peace proposal is the "greatest provide Ukraine can get at the moment," Russia's envoy to the United Nations (UN), Vasily Nebenzya, stated at a UN Safety Council assembly on June 20.
"In the course of the direct Russian-Ukrainian talks that have been held, we introduced our memorandum on a peaceable settlement. It consists of two elements: situations for a complete long-term peace and situations for a ceasefire," Nebenzya stated.
"That is the most effective provide Ukraine can get at the moment. We advise accepting it as issues will solely worsen for Kyiv, from right here on out," he stated.
At Istanbul peace talks on June 2, Russian negotiators informed the Ukrainian delegation that their so-called "peace memorandum" is an ultimatum Kyiv can not settle for, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated in an interview printed on June 10.
"They even informed our delegation: we all know that our memorandum is an ultimatum, and you’ll not settle for it," Zelensky stated. "Thus, the query just isn’t the standard of the Istanbul format, however what to do in regards to the Russians' lies."
"In Istanbul, we additionally agreed on a large-scale trade of prisoners of struggle," Nebenzya stated on the UN Safety Council assembly on Ukraine.
Other than agreeing on large-scale prisoner exchanges, peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia have been largely inconclusive as Moscow continues to problem maximalist calls for towards Kyiv.
Nebenzya famous that Ukraine and Russia ought to resume direct peace talks in Turkey after June 22, regardless of Russia's intensified drone and missile assaults on Ukraine.
On June 17, a Russian drone and missile assault on Kyiv killed 30 individuals and injured one other 172. The practically nine-hour-long strike noticed Moscow's forces launch massive numbers of drones and missiles at Ukraine's capital.
Russia's statements diverged from these of different audio system on the UN Safety Council assembly on June 20.
"We name on Russia to comply with an unconditional ceasefire. Russia initiated this struggle; we name on Russia to finish it," Barbara Woodward, the U.Ok.'s Everlasting Consultant to the UN, stated.
Russia has illegally laid declare to 5 Ukrainian areas regardless of not controlling the entire territory. The areas embrace Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson oblasts, in addition to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
The Kyiv IndependentKateryna Hodunova