War in Ukraine
Moscow confirms the proposal for Ukraine talks on Monday
Kyiv demands the immediate handover of the Russian memorandum for a possible ceasefire. Moscow reacts to this and criticizes alleged threats against the family of his negotiator.
Russia confirmed his proposal for a second round of direct negotiations with Ukraine about a possible ceasefire on Monday in Istanbul. The proposals on both sides could be discussed, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskow from the Russian news agency Interfax.
He reacted to demands by the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrij Sybiha after an immediate handover of the Russian memorandum with suggestions for a ceasefire. “All of this is not constructive,” said Peskow. Russia does not want the proposals to be publicly discussed before the negotiations.
“Here it is necessary to either confirm the willingness to continue the negotiations – or do the opposite,” said Peskow. In contrast, Sybiha had stated that Ukraine wanted the Russian memorandum in advance to prepare for the negotiations and to work on a tangible result. The Ukrainian negotiator and defense minister Rustem Umjerow had said on Wednesday that Kiev had already handed over his Moscow position paper.
Negotiator Medinski family threatened?
In the meantime, according to Moscow investigators, there should be threats from Ukraine of radical forces against the family of the Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinski. “Of course this is an outrageous situation,” said Kreml spokesman Peskow. The threats were not directed against the advisor of Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, but against his family.
The investigators initially did not provide any details of the criminal proceedings initiated. “If the source of these threats is Ukraine, the Kiev regime, the situation is more than shameful,” said Peskow.
Medinski was already involved in the direct negotiations with Ukrainian representatives to settle the conflict on the Russian side in 2022. They failed at the time. When the talks resumed this month, Kiev criticized that Medinski was a second -class negotiator who could not decide anything. The former Minister of Culture is also the chairman of the Russian writer’s association and author of several controversial history books.
dpa
Source: Stern
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