On the most controversial point – the Kremlin’s demand to transfer to it the part of the Donetsk region that was not captured by military means – no compromise has been reached, the agency claims.
According to him, there is progress “on procedural issues.”
“The main issue that was discussed on the military track was the procedure for the separation of the parties, how this should technically happen. The issue of determining the timing and procedures for a ceasefire and cessation of hostilities, monitoring and how to create a Center that will monitor this was raised,” the publication’s interlocutor said.
Context
The first round of negotiations between the delegations of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the United States in Abu Dhabi took place 23rd And January 24. According to Zelensky, the parties discussed a “peace plan” of 20 points, including “problematic issues,” of which there were initially a lot, but “they became fewer.” As Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga noted, the issues of territories and the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant are the most sensitive during peace negotiations in Ukraine.
The next round of negotiations was supposed to take place on February 1, but the meeting moved on February 4th and 5th.
On February 4, trilateral negotiations resumed in Abu Dhabi. On the first day The meeting of the delegations of the USA, Ukraine and the Russian Federation lasted approximately five hours. According to the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Rustem Umerov, “the work was meaningful and productive, focused on concrete steps and practical solutions.”
On February 5, the second round of two-day negotiations between the delegations of the United States, Ukraine and the aggressor country of the Russian Federation ended in the UAE. In the OP they were called “constructive”. Same day The first exchange took place this year, 157 Ukrainians returned home.
