Russia proposes to hold next talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on June 2

MOSCOW, May 28 - Russia has projected holding the adjacent circular of nonstop talks with Ukraine successful Istanbul connected June 2 with a presumption to achieving a sustainable bid settlement, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said connected Wednesday.

There was nary contiguous absorption from Kyiv.

Under unit from U.S. President Donald Trump to extremity the bloodiest struggle successful Europe since World War II, delegates from the warring countries met earlier this period successful Istanbul for the archetypal clip since March 2022, the period aft Russia sent troops to its neighbour.

The May 16 talks failed to scope statement connected a ceasefire, arsenic sought by Kyiv and its Western allies. Moscow said definite conditions indispensable beryllium met earlier specified a determination was possible.

“We anticipation that each those who are sincerely, and not conscionable successful words, funny successful the occurrence of the bid process volition enactment holding a caller circular of nonstop Russian-Ukrainian negotiations successful Istanbul,” Lavrov said successful a statement.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, aft a telephone with Trump connected May 19, said that Moscow was acceptable to enactment with Ukraine connected a memorandum astir a aboriginal bid accord.

Earlier connected Wednesday, Vladimir Medinsky, the caput of Russia’s delegation astatine bid talks connected Ukraine, said connected the Telegram messaging app that helium had called Ukraine’s Defense Minister Rustem Umerov with proposals for the day and venue of the adjacent meeting.

“Let maine emphasise: close there, connected the spot, we are acceptable to statesman an essential, substantive treatment of each of the points of the bundle statement connected a imaginable ceasefire,” helium said.

Medinsky said helium expected a reply from Ukraine.

Separately, Russian overseas ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said it was agreed that Russia and Ukraine would each hole their imaginativeness of “modalities of colony and ceasefire” and would sermon and speech the documents astatine the adjacent circular of talks.