The Kremlin spoke on the meeting of Putin-Zełenski. Surprising words about “putting a car before a horse”
As the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Pieskov, conversations about the possible meeting of Putin and Zełenski, will only be possible after completing the work of working teams. He emphasized that Kiev, speaking about the meeting of leaders, was trying to “put a car in front of the horse,” said Lenta.
The Reuters agency reminded that after a short Wednesday round of Russian-Ukrainian conversations in Istanbul, the representative of Kiev proposed that Zelanski and Putin's meeting take place in August. This date would be within the 50-day period designated by the US President Donald Trump to achieve a truce in a full-size war, lasting since February 2022.
Last week, Trump threatened that in the absence of a weapon suspension, he would impose a 100 % duties on Russia. However, as the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday assessed, the threat of the American president “did not contribute to the concessions on the part of Moscow.”
The head of the Ukrainian delegation for talks in Istanbul Rust Diemov informed on Wednesday that Kiev proposed Russia to organize the summit of the leaders of both countries with the participation of the presidents of the US and Turkey. The Ukrainian side also declared their readiness to suspend weapons, including suspension of attacks on critical and civil infrastructure. Diesuv emphasized that Russia and Ukraine agreed on further exchange of prisoners of war and civilians and would not carry out a new negotiations round until the latest arrangements are made.
