Medvedev said that negotiations in Istanbul were needed “not for a compromise world” on “fictional unreal conditions”. According to him, they are needed for the “speedy victory” of Russia.
“This is the meaning of the Russian memorandum, which was published yesterday,” added a representative of the aggressor country.
The American Senator from the Republican Party Lindsay Graham in X to this replied that Medvedev made his statement about the “real purpose” of negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul to understand that Russia was not interested in the world.
“I am grateful to you for making it clear to the world that Putin and Russia are not at all interested in the world,” the American senator emphasized.
Congratulations to Mr.
And Apprecate You Making it Clear to the World That Putin and Russia No Remotely Interested in Peace.
– Lindsey Graham (@Lindseygrahamsk) June 3, 2025
Context
The second round of negotiations between Ukraine and the Russian Federation was held in Istanbul on June 2. According to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umarov, the delegations managed to coordinate the exchange of prisoners according to the formula for all for all for military personnel of two categories: seriously wounded/seriously ill and young. The minister also said that Ukraine invited the Russian side to hold another meeting from June 20 to 30.
On the same day, Russian propagandists published the text of the Memorandum, which Moscow introduced in Istanbul. It contains Three sections with two options for the ceasefire and 31 points. The document prescribes, in particular, the withdrawal of the Armed Forces from the Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions, the “international recognition” of these territories, as well as Crimea by Russian, The ban on the reception and placement of nuclear weapons in Ukraine, the presidential elections and the Verkhovna Rada, which supposedly should take place no later than 100 days after the cancellation of martial law.
On June 1, Ukrainian Pravda, citing a source in the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, aware of the negotiations, reported that the Russian Federation threatens the disruption of the negotiation process for the ceasefire in Ukraine against the backdrop of a special operation “Pautin”, which was conducted by the Security Service of Ukraine.
On June 2, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs of the Russian Country Country Alexei Chepa called two conditions under which the Russian Federation will agree to hold the third round of negotiations with Ukraine until the end of June. The first condition – the forces of the defense of Ukraine must stop their attacks on the Russian rear, including the railway and airfields, the second – Kyiv must agree to a somewhat day -day truce proposed by Moscow in certain sections of the front, which will allegedly bring the bodies of the dead.
