"Many details": in the Russian Federation explained that Putin wants to enter into a memorandum of a peace treaty

Zakharova is quoted by the Russian propaganda information agency "Interfax" by a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation that the Russians are ready to continue contacts with Kiev to complete the fighting.

She mentioned negotiations in Istanbul and said that according to them, during the telephone conversation on May 19, "the leaders of Russia and the US had conducted a candid and thorough exchange of views about the current situation around Ukraine, ways of going to political resolution of conflict.

" According to her, in a conversation with US President Donald Trump, the Russian leader marked the desire for a "final and just" peaceful settlement, and "in this regard, Moscow will invite Kiev to work on a memorandum on a future peace treaty. " Zakharova repeated the words of the Russian dictator that in order to achieve a peace agreement and end the war it was necessary to "eliminate the root causes", although she did not specify what they were.

The BBC Russian Service notes that the Kremlin considers "the root causes of the conflict" the expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) to the East, the desire of Ukraine to join NATO and the European Union and the Ukrainian political system, which was formed after the 2014 Dignity Revolution.

"It is necessary to reconcile many details, to formulate the principles of settlement, to mark the terms of the peace agreement, to fix the possible ceasefire for a certain time in the event of relevant arrangements, other parameters," - explained the spokeswoman of the Russian department the content of the potential memorandum. Zakharova also stated that the Russian Federation "never gave up negotiations" and is ready to continue contacts with Ukraine.

"And this approach has found a full understanding of US President Donald Trump. Now, accordingly, the word in Kiev," she said. US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation on the evening of May 19. After its completion, the Russian leader went to the press and stated that in Moscow were ready to work on a memorandum on a future peace treaty with Kiev.

At the same time, he said that for the Russian side it remains the main "eliminating the root causes of the crisis. " In his statement, Trump in his statement with Putin called "very good" negotiations and called on the parties to start the ceasefire and end the war "immediately". At a briefing on May 19, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared details of conversations with US President Donald Trump.