Kiev plans to hold peace conference by year’s end – Wants Russia’s presence

Ukraine plans to hold a new peace conference by the end of this year and wants Russia to attend this time, its ambassador to Turkey said today, but ruled out any bilateral talks with Moscow at that meeting. With the Russian invasion of Ukraine now in its third year, the two countries are still far apart on how to end the war. “One of the most basic goals of this conference is to achieve a just peace in Ukraine. We are not talking about a scheme where Ukraine and Russia sit across from each other and Ukraine listens to Russia’s demands,” Ambassador Vasyl Bodnar told a briefing in Ankara through a Turkish interpreter. “Now we see this: the international community, together with Ukraine, will sit down and create a list of steps that can be taken for a just peace in […]
Source: News Beast

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