Kiev was forced to make concessions to Moscow

According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, stemming from that mentality should “people want a particular outcome” and put pressure on Ukraine to negotiate and reach a peace agreement with Russia.

“Of course, everyone wants to push us towards a particular outcome, which will certainly be detrimental to us. This is to the benefit of several parties with their own interests, both financially and politically. “, Mr. Zelensky said.

The Ukrainian president did not specify exactly which side has been putting pressure on Kiev to reach a peace agreement with Moscow. Volodymyr Zelensky personally and other top Ukrainian officials have repeatedly ruled out the possibility of territorial concessions to Russia, vowing to regain control of all of the country’s territory.

In a phone call on May 30 with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the country is ready to hold a new round of negotiations between Kiev and Moscow in the capital Istanbul.

After Russia launched a special military operation against Ukraine on February 24, talks between the two delegations were held regularly in both face-to-face and online formats.

The foreign ministers of Ukraine and Russia met for talks in Turkey in March. After that, the meetings of the two sides’ delegations continued to take place in Istanbul, but did not bring concrete results to end the conflict. Currently.

Both Russia and Ukraine earlier announced the suspension of peace talks. Ukraine said on May 17 that peace talks to end the war with Russia had been suspended and blamed Moscow for failing to find compromises.

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko also said that the talks between Russia and Russia are not currently being held “of any kind”. He said “negotiations are no longer continuing” and accused Ukraine of abandoning the negotiating process.

On May 19, the United Nations urged Russia and Ukraine to continue to develop channels of communication and cooperation that have facilitated evacuation operations in Ukraine, in order to resume peace talks that have been abandoned. pause.