Negotiations of Ukraine and the Russian Federation: Putin is ready to meet at the highest level - Peskov

"Putin is ready for negotiations on Ukraine at the highest level, but initially the result should be achieved in direct negotiations of delegations," the Kremlin spokesman said. Peskov also reported that the projects of the parties would not be published. On Wednesday, May 28, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced the second round of direct negotiations with Ukraine, which can take place in Istanbul on Monday, June 2.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov said he would head the Ukrainian delegation in Istanbul on June 2. On May 28, he announced that he had handed over to the head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky Memorandum from Kiev to cease fire and was waiting for the counter -proposals of Moscow. On May 28, US President Donald Trump said he was ready for a tripartite meeting with Putin and Zelensky.

On May 29, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation said that the Kremlin would not pass the US Memorandum on a peace treaty, since it has no agreement with other countries to exchange documents. Special Representative of the United States on Ukraine and Russia Kit Kelloggus said that Trump was "disappointed" by the level of unreasonableness of Russia, which delayed the process of peace negotiations with Ukraine.

Neither the Ukrainian nor the American side have not yet seen the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin a Memorandum for a peace treaty that should be on a negotiating table in Istanbul next week. We will remind, Focus found out what issues could be discussed on June 2 during the second round of peace talks in Istanbul between Ukrainian and Russian delegations, and how realistic it is to implement them.