Office of the President of Ukraine replied to Peskov about the negotiations: The time will come, and we will record our conditions
KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — SUNDAY, 3 JULY 2022, 20:37
Mykhailo Podoliak, the adviser to the head of the Office of the President, said that Ukraine's conditions for negotiations are the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, the return of abducted citizens and a reparations mechanism.
Source: Podoliak on Twitter
Quote from Podoliak: "Immediate ceasefire. Withdrawal of z-troops from Ukraine. Return of abducted citizens. Extradition of war criminals. Reparations mechanism. Recognition of Ukraine's sovereign rights...
The Russian side knows our conditions very well. The Chief of Peskov may not worry: the time will come, and we will record them on paper."
Previously: Dmytro Peskov, the press secretary of the President of Russia, said on Sunday that Ukraine should understand Russia's conditions, agree to them and sit down at the negotiating table.
Background:
- On 27 June, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on world leaders gathered at the G7 summit to do everything possible to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine by the end of the year.
- Dmitrii Peskov, the Press Secretary to the President of Russia, has said that Ukraine can end the war by the end of the day if it lays down its arms and surrenders.
- Mykhailo Podoliak, the adviser to the head of the President's Office, replied to Peskov that it wasn’t Ukraine that started the war, so Ukraine can’t end it "by [a single] order".
- On 17 May, Podoliak confirmed that negotiations with Russia are on hold due to a number of reasons.
