Posted on 06/01/2025 10:13:39 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
A meeting between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul aimed at paving the way for a potential ceasefire is expected to take place at 10:00 GMT, or 1 p.m. local time, at the Ciragan Palace, a Turkish Foreign Ministry source said on Sunday.
Ukraine's delegation to a second round of peace talks will include its defense minister, deputy foreign minister, as well as several military and intelligence officials, according to an executive order by President Volodymyr Zelensky published on Sunday.
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Ya, I don’t think so. Negotiations are over now. I just hope Trump can keep us out of it.
And nothing will come of it. Russia, due to Ukraine last actions during ?Peace?. Rearmed. Russia will trust Ukraine as far as they can throw them, same for the war mongers in the EU and UK
“Ya, I don’t think so. Negotiations are over now. I just hope Trump can keep us out of it.”
Agree, Putin, or whoever replaces Putin, will have to first deal with a response to the Neocon attack on their Strategic Assets. After the response, I suspect that peace negotiations will start and will be quite successful, too.
Trump will be there if Putin wants to make a deal.
Putin wasn’t interested in peace. Like the Palestinians, peace negotiations were nothing more than buying time to push further.
Russia can stop this immediately at any time by withdrawing. Boo hoo for them that they refuse to and complain about the cost of keeping on keeping on. Uke should hit em again if the can.
“Putin wasn’t interested in peace. Like the Palestinians, peace negotiations were nothing more than buying time to push further.”
More like they won’t accept the Neocon Capitulation Package.
Been there, done that.
Where are Zelenskyy and Putin?
It truly is but they aren’t a mind to either.
We are in for a long war here with lots of unpredictability.
RE: Being as they are the ones who started it
How so?
Z agreed to meet Putin at the last meeting for direct talks, Putin sent a low level delegation.
“Putin sent a low level delegation.”
You know the “Low Level” crap is BS. Putin sent people from his INNER CIRCLE to negotiate, that doesn’t sound very “Low Level” to me.
BOTTOM LINE: Both were no shows, therefore nothing will come of this.
They just can’t stop propagandizing. It’s in their DNA.
Russia made it clear upfront that NATO would not be allowed to encroach into Ukraine, that was a red line. Ukraine and the west indicated it was going to join NATO, which Russia very publicly stated was a threat and a red line. Add to that Ukraine needed to be demilitarized and denazified to protect Russian loyalist and citizens.
“They just can’t stop propagandizing. It’s in their DNA.”
The thing is, people on all sides understand that the “Low Level Delegation” is just another Neocon Lie. So one has to wonder just why they keep making this claim.
The delegates to the current peace talks in Istanbul from Ukraine and Russia are not from the absolute inner circles of either President Volodymyr Zelenskyy or President Vladimir Putin.
Ukrainian Delegation: President Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine would send a delegation of his officials to Istanbul, with Defense Minister Rustem Umerov named as the head of the Ukrainian team. While Umerov is a senior official and close to Zelenskyy, he is not considered part of the president’s innermost circle, such as the chief of staff or top political advisors.
Russian Delegation: Russia has stated it is sending its negotiating team to the talks, but there is no indication that President Putin or his closest aides (such as the foreign minister or top Kremlin advisors) will be present. Previous rounds of negotiations have involved lower-level officials, and current reporting suggests the same approach for these talks.
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