After the negotiations, the head of the Ukrainian delegation, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, said the government's top priority was people and announced that each country had agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners. The co-chair of the opposition European Solidarity group in the Ukrainian parliament, Iryna Herashchenko, wrote on Facebook that Russia had demanded that Ukraine withdraw its troops from its own territory as a "gesture of goodwill" so that a ceasefire could be announced. "The behavior of the Russian delegation in Istanbul is evidence of blackmail instead of negotiations, and instead of compromises there is a list of ultimatums, including the demand to cede Ukrainian territory to Russia."
Author: Lilia Rzheutska
Published at: 2025-05-17 19:54:00
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