A new round of talks between Kiev and Moscow is expected to begin at 10.30 am today at the Dolma Bahce Palace in Istanbul, while the war continues for the 34th day.
The most ambitious goal of Kiev in the talks with the Moscow delegation is a ceasefire agreementsaid Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba.
“Russia and Ukraine are discussing the cessation of hostilities as part of a possible agreement that would lead to the abandonment of Ukraine’s NATO membership in exchange for security guarantees and the prospect of joining the EU“, according to four people who were informed about the discussions”, the Financial Times notes
The same sources claim that the draft of the ceasefire agreement in view of the new round of talks in Turkey does not include any reference to the three initial central Russian demands: the “de-Nazification” of Ukraine, the demilitarization of the country and the legal protection of the Russian language.
Mystery still covers the conditions under which it is said to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich was poisoned. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal and a research site, Abramovich and Ukrainian negotiators showed symptoms of suspected poisoning after a meeting in Kyiv earlier this month. The news was confirmed by Abramovich’s representative. Ukrainian officials have denied the allegations in a statement issued Friday stating “Similar, baseless allegations concerning US intelligence have been made more than once. the disease they developed was due to “environmental factors” and not in poisoning.
On the battlefield, warning sirens for an air raid sounded just minutes before midnight in Kyiv and the district administration called on residents to go to the shelters.
In Odessa, explosions were heard in the port at night, while the governor of the Rivne region, in northwestern Ukraine, announced that Russian forces launched a missile attack, during which an oil tank was hit in the area, while there are reports of downing a Russian drone in the same area.
Ukrainian forces have recaptured the town of Trostyanets near Sumy in eastern Ukraine as they try to repel Russian forces from Kherson in the south, a senior Pentagon official said.
For its part, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that Russian troops had destroyed large ammunition depots in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine, which were used to feed the Ukrainian army defending the outskirts of the capital Kiev.
The British Ministry of Defense in a nightly report stated that more than 1,000 mercenaries of the Russian private military company Wagner Group are expected to be deployed in Ukraine undertaking combat combat missions. Among them are believed to be leaders of the mercenary organization, which, according to a Times article, was involved in attempts to assassinate President Zelensky.
Meanwhile, the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrova close ally of Vladimir Putin, went to Mariupol to mobilize his troops, who are taking part in the attack against the city, reports the French Agency, citing Russian media.
RIA Novosti published a photo in which Kadyrov is seen posing among thirty armed men, inside an enclosed space, stating that the snapshot was taken in Mariupol.
Earlier, dramatic call for the evacuation of Mariupol addressed the mayor of the city, stating that it is “in the hands of the conquerors.” A spokesman for the mayor said nearly 5,000 people had been killed, including 210 children, since the siege began.
