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Ukraine accuses Russia of undermining bid talks with caller demands
Peter Beaumont
Peter Beaumont is successful Kyiv for the Guardian
Ukraine has accused Russia of undermining bid talks successful Istanbul by making caller demands to exclude Turkey and the US from discussions astatine the past minute.
As if to corroborate the precise debased expectations of the nonstop talks betwixt Russia and Ukraine successful Turkey, the Latvia based Russian connection quality site, Meduza, is saying that it has seen a memo to Russian authorities controlled media reporting the meetings to speech down prospects of a breakthrough.
Instead the memo suggested the talks volition extremity deadlocked with Russia facing the imaginable of renewed European sanctions which – writer should emphasise – “will not harm the country’s development” suggesting that it sees the talks arsenic inevitably failing.
According to the report, which does not notation what Russia’s presumption astatine the talks is apt to entail, the memo instructs journalists to accidental that Ukraine’s presumption astatine the talks is worse than astatine the past nonstop talks successful Istanbul successful 2022.
More broadly, however, the beingness of Russian’s president Vladimir Putin’s adjutant Vladimir Medinsky starring the Moscow delegation is seen arsenic portion of an effort to importune that the talks correspond a continuation of the 2022 talks wherever the Kremlin insisted connected Ukraine’s effectual surrender.
Medinsky told journalists connected 15 May that Russia considers the talks arsenic a “continuation” of echoing Putin’s request that immoderate negotiations would beryllium based connected the April 2022 Istanbul protocols.
Versions of those draught agreements acquired by the Wall Street Journal and New York Times past twelvemonth saw Moscow demanding Ukraine springiness up aspirations for Nato membership, follow a presumption of neutrality successful its constitution, and prohibit Ukraine from hosting overseas subject unit oregon weapons systems.
The claimed disclosure of Moscow’s quality absorption strategy for home depletion comes amid reports that Russia was demanding that nonstop talks with Ukraine instrumentality spot without US and Turkish representatives. A Ukrainian diplomatic root said the determination showed Moscow was “undermining the bid effort”.
“Yet different motion of the Russian broadside undermining the bid effort. We came to person a superior conversation, portion Russians are putting guardant demands, conditions. This makes america uncertainty whether Putin sent them to lick issues oregon conscionable stall the process,” the root said connected information of anonymity.
“There is lone 1 crushed for the Russians to beryllium acrophobic of having the US successful the country – they came to stall the process, not lick issues, and they privation to fell this from the US.”
Expectations for the talks – initially projected by Putin – sank aft the Russian person declined Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s telephone to conscionable astatine the statesmanlike level successful Turkey. The beingness of Donald Trump was besides suggested, but the US president is returning to the US aft his travel to the Middle East.
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Tass reports that Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov had this to accidental astir the imaginable of a gathering betwixt Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
During his regular briefing, the Russian president’s spokesperson said a gathering betwixt the brace was surely necessary, but indispensable beryllium preceded by cautious preparation.
He added that contacts betwixt Putin and Trump are highly important successful the discourse of the Ukrainian settlement, and that immoderate gathering betwixt the 2 should impact a superior treatment of planetary affairs and determination issues, including Ukraine.
Ukraine accuses Russia of undermining bid talks with caller demands
Peter Beaumont
Peter Beaumont is successful Kyiv for the Guardian
Ukraine has accused Russia of undermining bid talks successful Istanbul by making caller demands to exclude Turkey and the US from discussions astatine the past minute.
As if to corroborate the precise debased expectations of the nonstop talks betwixt Russia and Ukraine successful Turkey, the Latvia based Russian connection quality site, Meduza, is saying that it has seen a memo to Russian authorities controlled media reporting the meetings to speech down prospects of a breakthrough.
Instead the memo suggested the talks volition extremity deadlocked with Russia facing the imaginable of renewed European sanctions which – writer should emphasise – “will not harm the country’s development” suggesting that it sees the talks arsenic inevitably failing.
According to the report, which does not notation what Russia’s presumption astatine the talks is apt to entail, the memo instructs journalists to accidental that Ukraine’s presumption astatine the talks is worse than astatine the past nonstop talks successful Istanbul successful 2022.
More broadly, however, the beingness of Russian’s president Vladimir Putin’s adjutant Vladimir Medinsky starring the Moscow delegation is seen arsenic portion of an effort to importune that the talks correspond a continuation of the 2022 talks wherever the Kremlin insisted connected Ukraine’s effectual surrender.
Medinsky told journalists connected 15 May that Russia considers the talks arsenic a “continuation” of echoing Putin’s request that immoderate negotiations would beryllium based connected the April 2022 Istanbul protocols.
Versions of those draught agreements acquired by the Wall Street Journal and New York Times past twelvemonth saw Moscow demanding Ukraine springiness up aspirations for Nato membership, follow a presumption of neutrality successful its constitution, and prohibit Ukraine from hosting overseas subject unit oregon weapons systems.
The claimed disclosure of Moscow’s quality absorption strategy for home depletion comes amid reports that Russia was demanding that nonstop talks with Ukraine instrumentality spot without US and Turkish representatives. A Ukrainian diplomatic root said the determination showed Moscow was “undermining the bid effort”.
“Yet different motion of the Russian broadside undermining the bid effort. We came to person a superior conversation, portion Russians are putting guardant demands, conditions. This makes america uncertainty whether Putin sent them to lick issues oregon conscionable stall the process,” the root said connected information of anonymity.
“There is lone 1 crushed for the Russians to beryllium acrophobic of having the US successful the country – they came to stall the process, not lick issues, and they privation to fell this from the US.”
Expectations for the talks – initially projected by Putin – sank aft the Russian person declined Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s telephone to conscionable astatine the statesmanlike level successful Turkey. The beingness of Donald Trump was besides suggested, but the US president is returning to the US aft his travel to the Middle East.
In Moscow, Dmitry Peskov has been giving the regular Kremlin property briefing. We volition bring you immoderate cardinal lines that emerge.
This, via Reuters, is from a root successful the Ukraine delegation, who accused Russia of “undermining the bid effort” by demanding changes to the format of this morning’s expected meeting.
Russia appears to person attempted to sideline the US and Turkish delegations and importune upon the gathering lone featuring Russia and the state it invaded successful 2022.
“Yet different motion of the Russian broadside undermining the bid effort. We came to person a superior conversation, portion Russians are putting guardant demands, conditions. This makes america uncertainty whether Putin sent them to lick issues oregon conscionable stall the process,” the root told the quality bureau connected information of anonymity.
“There is lone 1 crushed for the Russians to beryllium acrophobic of having the US successful the country – they came to stall the process, not lick issues, and they privation to fell this from the US.”
While we hold to spot whether and successful what format talks volition instrumentality spot successful Turkey, Russia’s defence ministry has claimed its forces person taken power of the colony of Vilne Pole successful the eastbound of Ukraine.
There appears to beryllium a clasp up successful Istanbul. A diplomatic root from Ukraine has told Reuters that the Russian delegation was asking that talks instrumentality spot straight without US oregon Turkish delegations being present.
More details soon …
Reuters has spoken to a root from the Ukrainian delegation successful Istanbul, who said determination was a request for “confidence-building measures”.
“We recognize that for immoderate diplomacy to beryllium resultative, determination needs to beryllium a ceasefire. Real, durable and good monitored,” Reuters reports the root said.
“There besides needs to beryllium humanitarian confidence-building measures, specified arsenic the instrumentality of Ukrainian children, detained civilians, speech of prisoners of warfare connected the all-for-all basis.”
Suspilne, Ukraine's authorities broadcaster, reports that the Ukraine delegation is soon acceptable to conscionable with Russia’s delegation successful Istanbul.
Here is different handout photograph from today’s circular of diplomacy, showing Turkey’s overseas curate Hakan Fidan with Ukraine’s president’s main of unit Andriy Yermak.
Ruth Michaelson
Ruth Michaelson is successful Istanbul for the Guardian
The gathering betwixt the Ukrainian, Turkish and American delegations has kicked disconnected astatine the Dolmabahçe palace successful Istanbul.
Heading the Turkish broadside are overseas curate and Ankara’s longtime negotiator Hakan Fidan, who president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan erstwhile referred to arsenic the state’s “secret keeper.” He is flanked by quality main İbrahim Kalın, a charismatic fluent English talker who was antecedently Erdoğan’s longtime adviser.
The Ukrainian squad is composed of defence curate Rustem Umerov, overseas curate Andriy Sybiha who has besides been successful Antalya successful caller days for meetings with his counterparts successful Nato, arsenic good arsenic Andriy Yermak, main of unit to the Ukrainian president.
The American delegation includes caput of authorities Marco Rubio, precocious arrived ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack, and US envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg, who precocious warned that Washington and Europe could enforce acold tougher sanctions connected Russia if it doesn’t hold to a ceasefire.
The Turkish overseas ministry has besides conscionable shared a postulation of photos showing the assorted precocious level officials gathering extracurricular successful the alternatively gloomy Istanbul upwind aft the talks, including 1 of Rubio, Umerov, Fidan, Kalın and Yermek each smiling arsenic they mill astir successful the courtyard extracurricular Dolmabahçe. Indications from these images suggest the gathering was positive, but details stay bladed connected the ground.
Nato's Rutte: Putin has made a mistake by sending low-level delegation to Turkey
Nato caput wide Mark Rutte said that it is simply a bully happening that the Ukrainians person travel to the negotiating array and added that Russian President Vladimir present has to play ball, Reuters reports.
“All the unit is connected him,” Rutte said, speaking astatine a gathering of EU leaders successful Albania. He added that Putin had made a mistake by sending a low-level delegation to talks successful Turkey.
Reuters reports that sources person told it the archetypal gathering this morning, betwixt Turkey, the US and Ukraine, has started successful Istanbul. The Turkish overseas ministry has issued this handout photo.
Here is simply a presumption of vehicles arriving astatine Dolmabahçe palace successful Istanbul up of today’s talks.
Low expectations arsenic Ukrainian and Russian delegations acceptable to conscionable successful Istanbul
Ruth Michaelson
Ruth Michaelson is successful Istanbul for the Guardian
Two sessions of talks are owed contiguous present successful Istanbul, but expectations stay low. US caput of authorities Marco Rubio has landed and is expected astatine the Dolmabahçe palace for talks with Ukrainian and Turkish officials.
Around an hr later, conscionable aft midday section time, the Russian and Ukrainian negotiating teams volition conscionable alongside Turkish overseas curate Hakan Fidan.
The creation of these meetings, peculiarly the 2nd 1 involving Russian officials, is apt to underscore Ukrainian complaints that Russian president Vladimir Putin dispatched lower-level officials to Turkey for negotiations.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the Russian delegation “decorative,” yesterday, adding that the postulation of lawman ministers led by Putin’s adjutant Vladimir Medinsky doesn’t see “anyone who really makes decisions.” By contrast, the Ukrainian squad volition beryllium led by defence curate and experienced negotiator Rustem Umerov.
Medinsky deed backmost astatine this successful an highly little and hastily arranged property league extracurricular the Russian consulate successful Istanbul, telling reporters successful hushed tones that his squad “has the powerfulness to marque decisions.”
The Russian broadside views the talks arsenic “a continuation,” of failed talks successful 2022, helium added.
The Russian squad besides held late-night talks with Fidan astatine the Dolmabahçe palace past night, which Medinsky described connected Telegram arsenic “productive.” The gathering appeared to past conscionable implicit an hour, based connected statements enactment retired by the Turkish authorities quality agency.
Umerov’s squad volition beryllium looking “to effort astatine slightest the archetypal steps toward de-escalation, the archetypal steps toward ending the warfare – namely, a ceasefire”, according to Zelenskyy’s comments yesterday successful Ankara.
Washington besides appears to person debased expectations that today’s talks volition nutrient a substantive outcome. Rubio told reporters yesterday during his meetings successful the confederate Turkish metropolis of Antalya that determination is small optimism astir the imaginable result of these meetings.
“I privation to beryllium frank … we don’t person precocious expectations of what volition hap tomorrow,” helium said.
US president Donald Trump echoed the aforesaid sentiment arsenic helium landed successful Dubai connected the last halt of his circuit of the Middle East, adding that small was apt to beryllium achieved unless helium could conscionable with Putin directly.
“Nothing’s going to hap until Russian President Vladimir Putin and I get together, OK?” helium said. “I didn’t deliberation it was imaginable for Putin to spell if I’m not there.”
Reuters has a speedy drawback that speaking successful Abu Dhabi, US president Donald Trump has said helium is returning to the US.
Yesterday helium had said helium mightiness caput to Turkey to instrumentality portion successful Ukraine-Russia talks if it would beryllium helpful, suggesting that thing would hap to make a bid program until helium and Russian president Vladimir Putin met successful person.
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