Russia Ready for Talks with Ukraine Based on Istanbul Agreements

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated during a meeting with government members that Moscow is willing to engage in negotiations with Kiev based on the agreements reached in Istanbul in 2022. Putin reaffirmed Russia's readiness to sit at the negotiating table, emphasizing that the talks should be based on the agreements signed in Istanbul, which were also initialed by the Ukrainian side at the time.Putin

Russia, as has been stated many times before, is ready for peace talks with Ukraine. We are ready to negotiate based on the agreements reached in Istanbul in 2022, which, I remind you, were initialed by the Ukrainian side at the time. This means that at that time, these conditions could have been acceptable to them as well. From our side, we see no reason to deviate from these agreements.

thus clearly outlining Russia's position on negotiations.