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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in his Monday evening address that talks between Russia and Ukraine would resume on Wednesday.
“I today spoke with Rustem Umerov about preparing a prisoner exchange and another meeting in Turkey with the Russian side. Umerov informed that the meeting is set for Wednesday,” mentioned Zelenskyy.
He noted that more specific information would be shared on Tuesday.
Previous two rounds of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine led to significant prisoner swaps, but failed to result in concrete efforts to stop Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine following over three years of conflict.
Post the last round of negotiations, Russia issued a memorandum outlining their requirements for the conflict’s end. This includes Kyiv’s complete withdrawal from four Ukrainian regions – Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson – which Russia claims as its own annexed “new territories.”
Russia also insists on international acknowledgment of its illicit occupation of territories since 2014, including the Crimean Peninsula.
Ukraine’s conditions for peace comprise a ceasefire to allow for further negotiations, reciprocal prisoner-of-war exchanges, return of children abducted by Russia, and release of all civilians from Russian captivity.
US President Donald Trump mentioned earlier this month he was “seriously considering” extensive “banking sanctions, sanctions, and tariffs” on Russia should Moscow fail to secure a final peace agreement in the ongoing conflict.
Writing on his Truth Social platform, Trump positioned the threat as a response to Russia “completely ‘pounding’ Ukraine on the battlefield right now.”
“To Russia and Ukraine, come to the negotiating table immediately, before it’s too late. Thank you,” articulated the US president.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, under increasing pressure from the US to demonstrate progress in ending the conflict, previously declined an offer from Zelenskyy to meet face-to-face to discuss a ceasefire.
