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    Ukraine announces the suspension of peace negotiations with Russia: “It’s impossible to talk with the dictator’s people”

    The peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine ended this year without significant progress, leading to their suspension, the Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister, Serhii Kyslytsya, told The Times on Tuesday.

    According to him, Kiev has been actively working since the summer of 2025 to convince Ukraine’s international partners to increase pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to accept a personal meeting with President Volodimir Zelenski. “Under a dictatorship, it is impossible to have fruitful discussions with the people who represent the dictator. They have a very strict mandate and must defend the position they were instructed to defend,” Kyslytsya said, referring to the negotiation process between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Istanbul.

    The discussions in Turkey took place in three stages – in May, June, and July. One of the key positions of the Ukrainian side was an unconditional ceasefire and the cessation of attacks on civilian infrastructure. The delegation, led by Russian Presidential Advisor Vladimir Medinski, effectively rejected a ceasefire. Moscow also demanded recognition of the annexed Ukrainian territories as Russian territory and a limitation on the number of Ukrainian armed forces.
    Following Kyslitsia’s interview, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated that the Kremlin is ready to resume negotiations with Ukraine in Turkey, emphasizing that the peace process was suspended by Kiev.
    “Turkish representatives have repeatedly requested the resumption of these (negotiations). The Russian team is ready for this; the ball is in Ukraine’s court,” Alexei Polishchuk, a director at the Russian Foreign Ministry, told TASS on Wednesday.
    He mentioned that during the meetings with the Ukrainian side in Istanbul, “important agreements were reached in the humanitarian field regarding large-scale prisoner exchanges, the repatriation of deceased bodies, and the return of civilians”.
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