What Russia and Ukraine Agreed in 2nd Round of Istanbul Talks
Sputnik – June 2, 2025
Russian delegation head Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, reported the key outcomes of the negotiations with Ukrainian representatives in Istanbul.
Key statements:
- Russia handed Ukraine a draft memorandum on settlement, which Kiev took for study
- The Russian settlement memorandum is in two parts and is detailed and well-developed
- The first part focuses on how to achieve genuine long-term peace
- The second part outlines steps for a full ceasefire, allowing for flexibility and multiple paths to that goal
- Russia will unilaterally transfer 6,000 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers to Kiev next week, having identified all the deceased
- The parties agreed on the largest-yet prisoner exchange
- The total exchange will be at least 1,000 prisoners, possibly more
- Sick and seriously wounded prisoners will be exchanged on an “all for all” basis
- Moscow and Kiev will create a commission to exchange seriously wounded troops without political decisions
- The sides will exchange soldiers under the age of 25
- Russia offered Ukraine a concrete ceasefire for two to three days in certain frontline sectors
- Moscow and Kiev agreed to a ceasefire in specific areas so commanders can retrieve the bodies of their soldiers
- The Ukrainian armed forces promised to work out the ceasefire proposal for those areas soon
- Kiev turned the issue of ‘child abductions’ into a ‘show for sentimental Europeans’
- No children have been kidnapped by Moscow, only rescued by Russian soldiers
- Russia received a list of 339 children from Ukraine who are in difficult situations due to the conflict
- Moscow returns children to Kiev if their parents or legal guardians are present
- Russia is working on reuniting families separated by the Ukraine conflict
- The negotiations with Ukraine were conducted in Russian
The Russian delegation was satisfied with the results of the second round of talks with Ukraine, Medinsky said.
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