Spoke of 21 years of war: Medinsky stated that he was satisfied with the result of negotiations in Istanbul

The main theses of Medinsky's speech were published by RIA Novosti RIA in Telegram channel. The assistant of the Russian President stated that the delegation was "satisfied with the negotiations". Then Medinsky listing the three results of the meeting in Istanbul with the Ukrainians: meanwhile, the journalist of The Economist Oliver Carroll told some of Istanbul negotiations. The journalist in X wrote that he talked to a "reliable source" that knows the information "from the middle".

The source brought the phrase of Medinsky. Putin's envoy reminded the attendees of the 20-year war that the Russian Federation waged in the past, and then asked rhetorically whether the attendees were ready to fight the same age. "We do not want war, but we are ready to fight a year, two, three - how much time it doesn't take it. We have fought with Sweden 21 years. How long have you been ready to fight?" - cited Carol's words of Medinsky. The Russian Empire fought with Sweden from 1700 to 1721.

That period was called "Northern War": the Russians were headed by Peter I, the Swedes - Charles XII. After a series of battles, Russia won in the Northern War, and Sweden could not return the territories for which it fought. It was then that the Battle of Poltava took place, in which the Cossacks of Hetman Mazepa fought on the side of the Swedes. At the same time, the Baturyn tragedy took place when the Russians cut from 11 to 15 thousand inhabitants of Baturin, said "Historical Truth".

It should be noted that on May 16, two rounds of negotiations took place in Istanbul, which participated in the delegations of Ukraine, the USA, Turkey and the Russian Federation. At the same time, representatives of Ukraine, the United States and Turkey met, and then a meeting with the Russians, which did not have representatives of the White House, took place. Ukraine was represented by the Minister of Defense of Rustem Umerov at the meeting.