Ukraine says it wants to see Russian proposals before agreeing to more peace talks

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Ukraine wants to spot a papers mounting retired Russia’s proposals for a peace woody before it sends a delegation to Istanbul for bilateral talks, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Friday.

Russia has proposed that negotiators from the 2 sides conscionable successful Istanbul connected June 2, but Kyiv has said it needs reassurances that Moscow is sincere astir wanting to extremity the war.

Russia, which launched a full-scale penetration of Ukraine much than 3 years ago, made the connection aft U.S. President Donald Trump urged Moscow and Kyiv to enactment unneurotic connected a bid deal.

Expectations for the talks are humble due to the fact that the positions staked retired truthful acold by the 2 sides are acold apart and enactment betwixt them has yet to statesman successful earnest connected narrowing the gap.

At a associated quality league successful Kyiv connected Friday with visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Sybiha stopped abbreviated of confirming that Ukraine would instrumentality portion successful the Istanbul talks.

“In bid for the adjacent planned gathering to beryllium substantive and meaningful, it is important to person a papers successful beforehand truthful that the delegation that volition be has the authorization to sermon the applicable positions,” Sybiha said.

He said that, to date, Ukraine had not received the memorandum it was expecting from Russian negotiators containing their proposals for treatment successful Istanbul.

Sybiha did not spell retired what Kyiv would bash if it did not person the Russian document, oregon acceptable retired a deadline for receiving it.

“We privation to extremity this warfare this year, and we are funny successful establishing a truce, whether it is for 30 days, oregon for 50 days, oregon for 100 days,” Sybiha said.

“Ukraine is unfastened to discussing this straight with Russia. We confirmed this during the past gathering of our delegations with the Russian side.”

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Speaking to U.S. web ABC, Trump envoy Keith Kellogg indicated helium was expecting that the June 2 bilateral talks successful Istanbul would spell ahead.

Both Kyiv and Moscow are keen to show to Trump that they are connected committee with his efforts to extremity the conflict. Kyiv is seeking much U.S. subject aid, portion Moscow hopes helium volition easiness economical sanctions connected Russia.

Russia has said its delegation astatine the Istanbul talks volition beryllium led by Vladimir Medinsky, a Kremlin adjutant who led the Russian squad for a erstwhile circular of talks successful the Turkish metropolis connected May 16. Those talks produced nary breakthrough.

Turkey’s Fidan, who earlier this week visited Moscow, said Friday his state stood acceptable to big different circular of talks betwixt Russia and Ukraine.

“This is our view: arsenic agelong arsenic (the sides) stay astatine the negotiating table, advancement tin surely beryllium seen,” helium told the quality conference.

If the talks spell up successful Istanbul, the adjacent measurement would beryllium to effort to big a gathering betwixt Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, helium added.