Meanwhile, Russian troops advance in Donbas, in eastern Ukraine, while Kiev is breathing with some ease after more than a month’s siege.
Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia they are advanced enough to hold a face-to-face meeting soon between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodimir Zelensky, the head of the Ukrainian delegation, Deputy David Arahamiya, reported yesterday. “The Russian team confirmed our position that the draft agreement is sufficiently developed to allow direct consultations between both leaders, the presidents of Ukraine and Russia,” Arahamiya said on his official Telegram channel.
According to Arahamiya, Putin himself said in a telephone conversation with Turkish President Tayip Erdogan on Friday that “he is ready to organize such a meeting in the near future”. “The date and place are not yet fixed, but it is very likely that it will take place in Istanbul or Ankara, both in Turkey,” said the parliamentary spokesman for Zelensky’s “Servant of the People” party.
The chief negotiator pointed out that it is now the task of his delegation to “finalize the issues under discussion and prepare for that possible meeting”.
According to Arahamiya, in talks so far, for lack of writing, Russia accepts “almost all” Ukraine’s positions on its integrity and territorial sovereignty, except for its claims to Crimea, which was annexed by Moscow in 2014.
The deputy also indicated that the negotiation process continues every day and that delegations meet electronically every day or every two days.
Meanwhile, Russian troops advance in Donbas, in eastern Ukraine, while Kiev is breathing with some ease after more than a month’s siege. “Russian troops are concentrating in Donbas, towards Kharkov, and are preparing for even more powerful attacks,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video message posted online yesterday.
Likewise, according to EITB Media journalist Mikel Ayestarán, Russian troops deployed in the Kiev region have disappeared from the area, leaving behind bodies of soldiers and civilians. A team from EITB Media has entered the city that has been restored by the military
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Source: EITB
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