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A senior Ukraine official accused Russia of holding ‘unacceptable demands’ during a peace talks at Turkas. Turkas and Ukraine officials said that peace talks with Russia ended in less than two hours.
Russia and Ukraine delegations met for the first time direct peace talks in Istanbul on Friday, since the onset of fatal aggression between the two countries. A Ukrainian delegation led by Defense Minister Rustom Umrov held a meeting with the Russian team led by Vladimir Medinski, an associate of President Vladimir Putin. Officers present were sitting around a U-shaped table, and Russian and Ukrainians were sitting face to face with each other. A senior Ukraine official accused Russia of holding ‘unacceptable demands’ during a peace talks at Turkas. Turkas and Ukraine officials said that peace talks with Russia ended in less than two hours.
Putin rejected Zelansky’s proposal
The campaign to end the Russia-Ukraine war began on Thursday when Putin turned down a proposal to hold a meeting by Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelanski face to face. Remandable, Zelancesi said that he would be part of the meeting only when the Russian President would join it. When Putin did not accept the challenge of a meeting with him in the Turkish capital on Thursday, the Ukrainian President accused Moscow of not making serious efforts to end the war by sending a lower level talks, which he described as a dramatic support “.
Trump will meet Putin
US President Donald Trump said that he was soon moving towards holding direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Earlier, Putin had decided not to attend the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in the Turki. Trump, who made a four -day visit to West Asia, said in a conversation with reporters that I think the time has come to do so. After riding on the Air Force One aircraft to return to America, Trump said he could soon talk to Putin.
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