The Kremlin will prepare a document with "ideas and requirements" to cease fire: what Rubio and Lavrov said

CBS News was told about the details of the conversation of the US Secretary of State and the Kremlin official. Rubio spoke after a call to Lavrov with Media Margaret Brennan. She first asked if Russian President Vladimir Putin could be adopted by the Vatican proposal to meet with the head of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. "Well, I think if you saw . . .

Again, I'm not a Kremlin spokesman, but if you saw their statements, it seems yesterday, where they said they would be open to such a meeting under the right conditions. So we will wait and see if it is possible," Rubio replied. The American official also added that he considers the Vatican's proposal "very generous", and noted that the city would be a location where "everyone would be comfortable.

" In a conversation with CBS News correspondent, Rubio also noted that he initiated a call to the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry because he wanted to hear his opinion about negotiations in Istanbul. According to Rubio, they passed in vain. "We talked about… I would like to hear his opinion on how yesterday's negotiations. They were not a waste of time. For example, 1000 prisoners are planned, and this, from a humanitarian point of view, is very positive," the US Secretary of State stressed.

According to him, Lavrov explained Rubio that the Kremlin would prepare a document in advance, which would outline the requirements and ideas for the ceasefire, which should then "lead to more results". At the same time, Rubio stressed that the Ukrainian side will also work on its version of the document with proposals to reach the ceasefire. "And if it happens, and the proposal that comes from the Russian side and . . .

and, by the way, from the Ukrainian side, will be serious and viable, then real progress will be made, and we can work on its basis," the official said. Rubio also expressed the hope that the announced document offered by Russia would be "close enough" to what the Ukrainian side wants to see. Recall that on May 17, US President Donald Trump announced conversations with Zelensky and Putin. It should be noted that on May 17, Trump, commenting on negotiations in Istanbul, criticized Zelensky.