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Kyiv, June 2 /Xinhua/ — During the peace talks held in Istanbul on Monday, Ukraine received a memorandum from the Russian Federation on the terms of a ceasefire. This was announced at a press conference in Istanbul by Ukrainian Defense Minister and head of the Ukrainian delegation Rustem Umerov, as reported by the Interfax-Ukraine agency.
R. Umerov noted that official Kyiv will have a week to study the received document. After that, the parties will be able to coordinate further steps.
At the same time, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Serhiy Kyslytsya, who was also part of the Ukrainian delegation, stated that during the peace talks, the Russian Federation again rejected Kyiv’s proposal for an unconditional ceasefire. The parties only agreed to continue discussing this issue.
S. Kyslytsya added that Russia also once again spoke out against the presence of US representatives at the meeting with the Ukrainian side in Istanbul.
Earlier on Monday, the second round of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia since 2022 took place in Istanbul. –0–