Recep Tayyip Erdogan has returned to propose a meeting between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, Turkey. «My greatest desire is to make Putin and Zelensky meet in Istanbul or Ankara. I would like it to be (Donald) Trump, “said the Turkish leader, as Anadolu reports.
Zelensky ready to meet Putin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is ready to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. This was announced by the Ukrainian delegation at the end of the meeting had today with the members of the delegation from Moscow. “President Zelensky is ready for a meeting with Putin, if necessary we are ready to start preparations too tomorrow,” Kiev’s delegation has made it known.
“Trump open to meet Putin -zeky in Türkiye”
President Donald Trump, according to the White House, is available at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart to keep three -way peace talks in Türkiye with Russian and Ukrainian leaders. “The president said he was open if this will come, but he wants both leaders and both sides sit together with the negotiation table,” the spokesman Karoline Leavitt told reporters, asked about the proposal of the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Kiev proposes a one -month respite. Moscow responds with the idea of a ceased the fire of two to three days
Ukraine states that Russia has refused the proposal to cease the unconditional fire. The Kiev negotiating team at the end of the talks with Moscow in Istanbul said it. A ceased the 30 -day unconditional fire, the release of the prisoners and a meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin are the three objectives to which Ukraine points to resolve the conflict with Russia. This was stated by the defense minister of Kiev, Rustem Umerov, after participating in talks with a delegation from Moscow in Istanbul.
An unconditional truce will be “the base to start a negotiation,” said Umerov after the talks. Kiev also insists on the exchange of prisoners while the meeting among the Kiev leaders is open to the possibility that Donald Trump also participates, he added.
Ukraine proposed Russia to return to the negotiating table by the end of Juneafter the talks held today at the Ciragan Palace in Istanbul between a delegation of Moscow and one of Kiev. “We proposed to the Russian part of keeping a meeting for the end of this month, between 20 and 30 June,” said the Ukrainian defense minister, Rustam Umerov, after participating in the talks in Istanbul.
Russia has proposed to Ukraine a ceased for two or three days along certain sectors of the front. This was announced by the head of the Moscow delegation to the negotiations of Istanbul, Vladimir Medinsky, adding that the parties also decided a new exchange of all the prisoners seriously injured or sick and those under 25 years of age. Ria Novosti reports it. Russia will also deliver the corpses of 6,000 fallen Ukrainian soldiers next week.
Moscow: “agreed the greatest exchange of prisoners”
In today’s meeting in Istanbul, Russian and Ukrainian negotiators have “agreed the greatest exchange of prisoners” so far. This was stated by the head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, specifying that all seriously injured or sick soldiers and those under 25 years of age will be released. Ria Novosti reports it.
The Ukrainian part presented a list with the names of 339 children to return to Ukraine.
The Ukrainian part presented a list with the names of 339 children to return to Ukraine. This was said by the director of Russian President Vladimir Medinsky at the end of the second negotiating round in Istanbul.
Ant. “Russia will study each case present in the Ukrainian list, without exception (…) there has been no single child; There are children who have been saved and brought out of the fighting areas, “said Medinski after having appeared in front of the press following the talks that lasted just over an hour with the Ukrainian part at the Ciragan palace.
Moscow, “We presented a very detailed memorandum”
Russia presented a “very detailed” Memorandum to the Ukrainian part with the proposals of peace, and Kiev’s negotiators committed themselves to studying it, according to the head of the Russian delegation Vladimir Medinsky, cited by Russian agencies.
Phone call during the week between Trump and Xi Jinping
Donald Trump should speak on the phone with the Chinese president Xi Jinping in the next few days. According to CNBC, the call will be “by the end of the week”. Even Treasury Secretary Scott Besent said to the American media that the call between the two leaders should take place “very early”.