Zelanski's advisor summarized talks in Istanbul. “Some strange anecdote”

Mychajło Podolak negatively summed up the conversations that took place on May 16 in Istanbul. In addition to being decided to exchange prisoners, the real goal of the arms suspension was not to be achieved. – We are not satisfied with conversations in Istanbul. According to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the United States is also disgusted. This is a strange anecdote. Putin himself proposed a meeting and suggested that the topic of conversations would be a ceasefire. As it turned out – he lied – emphasized the adviser to President Zelanski in an interview with Rzeczpospolita, adding that Putin was probably afraid of talks in a foreign territory.

Podolak: Putin demonstratively wanted to humiliate Ukraine

During talks in Istanbul, the Russian delegation demanded that Ukraine withdraw its armed forces from its own territory. The Ukrainian source, cited by the Reuters agency, said that Russia's demands are unrealistic and “go beyond everything that has been discussed so far.” Mychajło Podolak said the same thing, who noticed that – according to Russia – Ukraine should give even those areas that the Russians did not occupy, to give up the arms industry and participation in military alliances at all. “Putin demonstratively wanted to humiliate Ukraine,” Podolak emphasized, adding that “negotiations in Istanbul were an imitation of activities on their part, because they play on time.”