Posted on 05/30/2025 6:29:23 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
The Kremlin expects Russia and Ukraine to discuss the list of conditions for a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine next week in Istanbul, its spokesman said on Friday, praising the U.S. role in mediating the talks.
Russia has proposed holding the second round of talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on June 2. However, Ukraine wants to see Russia's proposals for a peace deal before it sends a delegation to Turkey, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Friday.
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"At the moment, everyone is focused on the direct Russia-Ukraine negotiations. A list of conditions for a temporary truce is being developed," Peskov told reporters. He said the details of the memorandum will not be published.
Reuters reported earlier this week that Putin's conditions for ending the war in Ukraine include a demand that Western leaders pledge in writing to stop enlarging NATO eastwards.
U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, said earlier on Friday that Russia's concern over the eastward enlargement of NATO was fair and the United States did not want to see Ukraine in the U.S.-led military alliance.
Commenting on Kellogg's statement, Peskov said that Putin has been consistently conveying Russia's position on the inadmissibility of NATO's eastward expansion.
"We are pleased that these explanations by the president are understood, including in Washington. And, of course, this is quite appealing to us in terms of the mediating role that Washington continues to play," Peskov said.
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“However, Ukraine wants to see Russia’s proposals for a peace deal before it sends a delegation to Turkey,”
Yada, yada, yada. Both sides want to keep the killing up.
Zelinski doesn’t want to negotiate. He just wants to have a PR War. His 25 drone offensive didn’t work out for the west.
Both sides have complied with Trump.
Zelinski is akways creating PRECONDITIONS designed to disrupt. Last time he made so much adu about going to Istanbul, but he went to Ankora and not Istanbul - so much for any truth from this gang-green imp.
He did not want to meet prior to June 16th because he is engaged in a 6 week plan to cripple Moscows air defenses, but this has failed.
Trump is forcing Zelinski to negotiate on 2 June. Just more whinning from a sore loser.
Anyone notice that green t-shirts and booths seem to be going out of fashion. Dress Zelinski ib a suit and he won’t gain any legimitcy. Trump has a Zelinski probkem.
Ukraine is going to lise everything up to the D’niper River, and Odessa. Theur new construction of fortifications are proof this war won’t end until the end of 2026 at the earliest. Ukraine wants war and hopefully direct US-Russian war or he else Zelinski loses.
Right now the Russians have 75%.
At this rate, the Russians will take 100% of the four oblasts in 10 years.
But it'll take them hundreds of thousands of casualties.
Right now the Russians have 75%.
At this rate, the Russians will take 100% of the four oblasts in 10 years.
But it'll take them hundreds of thousands of casualties.
Been there, done that. Both leaders did not show up.
Sure, that's why Z agreed to meet Putin in Turkey, which Putin turned down. Russia instead sent a low level delegation which made maximum demands of Ukraine including it withdraw from areas under its control.
Russia demanded Ukraine cede land still under Kyiv's control, including the Donbas region. Specifically, they demanded Ukraine withdraw from four contested eastern regions: Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson. Additionally, Russia's demands included Ukraine renouncing its desire for reparations, limiting its military, international recognition of five parts of Ukraine as Russian, and that Ukraine become a neutral state.
Zelensky will find a way to kill any reasonable proposal.
“Been there, done that. Both leaders did not show up.”
Ambassador Trentino: Now, Chicolini, I want a full detailed report of your investigation.
Chicolini: All right, I tell you. Monday we watch-a Firefly’s house, but he no come out. He wasn’t home. Tuesday we go to the ball game, but he fool us: he no show up. Wednesday he go to the ball game, but we fool him, we no show up. Thursday it was a double-header, nobody show up. Friday it rained all day, there was no ball game, so we stayed home, we listen to it over the radio.
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