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Bloomberg
6 hours ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Russian Proposals to Ukraine Seek Gas Transit Return, Tass Says
A Russian memorandum presented to Ukraine envisions the gradual restoration of diplomatic and economic ties, including with regard to natural-gas transit, the state-run Tass news service reported, citing the document. Delegations from both nations held a second round of direct talks in Istanbul on Monday, where Russian officials presented a two-part memorandum with their conditions for a permanent ceasefire and peace agreement. Ukraine said it needs time to reflect on the document.
Reuters
8 hours ago
- General
- Reuters
Zelenskiy says Ukraine, Russia to exchange lists this week for POW swap
KYIV, June 2 (Reuters) - Ukraine and Russia agreed at talks in Istanbul on Monday next week to give each other lists of people they want included in a planned prisoner of war swap, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Zelenskiy told an online news briefing that negotiators for Russia and Ukraine agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners each, with the possibility of swapping an additional 200 POWs. He said there was also agreement to return the remains of killed service personnel, but this would take careful preparation. Zelenskiy also said Ukrainian negotiators gave their Russian counterparts a list of nearly 400 children it wanted Russia to return home to Ukraine, but that the Russian delegation agreed to work on returning only 10 of them. Further, the Ukrainian leader referred to a Ukrainian intelligence operation on Sunday, codenamed "Spider's Web", in which drones smuggled inside wooden sheds attacked Russian military airfields. He said the operation had helped to restore partners' confidence that Ukraine is able to continue waging its war against Russia's invasion.
BreakingNews.ie
10 hours ago
- General
- BreakingNews.ie
Ukraine and Russia agree to swap bodies of 6,000 soldiers killed in war
Russia and Ukraine have agreed to swap the bodies of 6,000 soldiers killed in action. The agreement emerged on Monday at the latest peace talks in Turkey, where the two sides met for just over an hour, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian state media said. Advertisement The talks delivered no major breakthrough in wider peace efforts.
Russia Today
3 days ago
- Business
- Russia Today
NYT reports details of Kiev's memorandum
Ukraine's memorandum ahead of the next round of direct negotiations with Russia calls for an internationally observed ceasefire, the New York Times has reported, citing an anonymous senior official. Moscow has consistently maintained that any ceasefire should not be used by Kiev to rearm its forces. The two sides last met for direct talks in Istanbul on May 16, marking the first formal negotiations since 2022. The meeting resulted in the largest prisoner exchange to date, with 1,000 POWs released by each side. The parties also agreed to prepare memorandums outlining their positions on a potential ceasefire ahead of the next meeting. On Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov proposed holding follow-up talks on Monday, June 2, again in Istanbul. In an article on Friday, the NYT quoted an unnamed source as saying that the Ukrainian document includes 'provisions for a cease-fire on land, at sea and in the air, with monitoring to be carried out by international partners.' The Ukrainian leadership had previously insisted on a 30-day pause in hostilities as a precondition for negotiations. Russia rejected that scenario, arguing that Kiev would use it to regroup its military. The NYT did not mention the timeframe in Kiev's latest proposal. Speaking on Friday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga accused Moscow of stalling the negotiations by refusing to share its memorandum ahead of the meeting on Monday. That same day, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the document 'will not be made public.' Responding to a similar demand made by Ukrainian defense minister and top negotiator, Rustem Umerov, on Wednesday, Peskov dismissed it as 'unconstructive.' Earlier this week, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova revealed that Moscow's memorandum includes the 'principles of settlement, a timeframe for a potential peace agreement [and] a potential ceasefire for a certain period of time.' Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated that for a full ceasefire to be achieved, Ukraine must halt mobilization, stop receiving foreign weapons, and withdraw its forces from the territories that became part of Russia following referendums in 2022. Meanwhile, in an interview with ABC News on Thursday, Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump's special envoy for Ukraine, urged Kiev to attend the next round of negotiations with Moscow, irrespective of whether or not Russia agrees to share its memorandum beforehand. Speaking of the Ukrainian document, Kellogg said that he had seen it, revealing that the memorandum includes 22 terms which he characterized as 'pretty good' and 'reasonable.'
Wall Street Journal
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
Ukraine and Russia Exchange Hundreds More Prisoners of War
Ukraine and Russia struck a deal that will see 1,000 prisoners exchanged from each side following the first direct talks between Kyiv and Moscow in nearly three years. Photo: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters
