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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.

June 2, 2025 - Posted by | Militarism | ,

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