Russia and Ukraine agreed on prisoners’ exchange-no progress for a ceasefire or meeting between Putin-Chalenski

Russia and Ukraine delegations that met on Wednesday in Constantinople reached an agreement on a new prisoner exchange. However, there are significant disagreements between the two sides both in terms of ceasefire and a meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodimir Zelenski. “We have made progress at the humanitarian level, but not in terms of cessation of hostilities,” said the head of the Ukrainian delegation of Rustem Umero, after the third round of talks, which lasted 40 minutes. He also said that Kiev was proposing a meeting of Ukrainian President Zelenski with his Russian counterpart by Putin until the end of August. “By agreeing with this proposal, Russia could show a constructive approach,” Umero added. For his part, the leader of the Russian delegation Vladimir Mentinsky commented that a meeting at the level of presidents would only make sense for the signing of a treaty, not “for all the material discussion from […]
Source: News Beast

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