KYIV: Ukrainian negotiators at talks scheduled for Jun 2 in Istanbul will current to the Russian facet a proposed roadmap for reaching an enduring peace settlement, in accordance with a duplicate of the doc seen by Reuters.
The proposed roadmap begins with a full ceasefire of a minimum of 30 days, to be adopted by the return of all prisoners held by all sides, and of Ukrainian youngsters taken into Russian-held territory after which a gathering between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian chief Vladimir Putin.
Underneath the blueprint, Moscow and Kyiv – with the participation of the US and Europe – will work to hash out the phrases on which they will comply with put a whole finish to their three-year-old battle, the largest battle in Europe since World Struggle Two.
Ukrainian officers stated earlier this week that they’d despatched the blueprint to the Russian facet upfront of the Istanbul talks.
The framework Ukrainian phrases for a peace deal as set out within the doc seen by Reuters are largely the identical because the phrases beforehand put ahead by Kyiv.
These embody no restrictions on Ukraine’s navy power after a peace deal is struck, no worldwide recognition of Russian sovereignty over components of Ukraine taken by Moscow’s forces and reparations for Ukraine.
