KYIV: Ukrainian negotiators at talks scheduled for Jun 2 in Istanbul will current to the Russian aspect a proposed roadmap for reaching a long-lasting peace settlement, based on a duplicate of the doc seen by Reuters.
The proposed roadmap begins with a full ceasefire of not less than 30 days, to be adopted by the return of all prisoners held by either side, and of Ukrainian youngsters taken into Russian-held territory after which a gathering between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian chief Vladimir Putin.
Beneath the blueprint, Moscow and Kyiv – with the participation of the USA and Europe – will work to hash out the phrases on which they’ll comply with put a whole finish to their three-year-old battle, the largest battle in Europe since World Battle Two.
Ukrainian officers mentioned earlier this week that they’d despatched the blueprint to the Russian aspect 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 embrace no restrictions on Ukraine’s army power after a peace deal is struck, no worldwide recognition of Russian sovereignty over elements of Ukraine taken by Moscow’s forces and reparations for Ukraine.
