The tripartite negotiations on the issue of Ukraine are currently on hold, and agreements on the next stages have not yet been reached, according to Interfax, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters.
According to him, the negotiations will “probably resume”, but when is not known yet.
“It is clear what each side should do before the next round of negotiations. When I say each side, I mean, first of all, the Ukrainian side. And they know what needs to be done in order for the next round to be successful,” Ushakov emphasized.
A few days ago, at the European Political Community Summit in Yerevan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that “we should push Putin to diplomacy”, adding: “This summer, Putin will have to decide what to do, whether to expand the war further or to switch to diplomacy.”
In Yerevan, the President of Ukraine also called on the European leaders to advance the next package of sanctions against Russia, which will be directed against the Russian oil industry, military industry and banks.
The Financial Times, citing a high-ranking European official, wrote that EU leaders are preparing for possible negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The President of the European Council, Antoniou Kosta, stated that the EU has the “potential” to negotiate with Vladimir Putin, and the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, supports the alliance in this matter.
There will be a three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine on May 9, 10 and 11, US President Donald Trump said, announcing that the ceasefire will also include the exchange of 1,000 prisoners from each country.
“I made this request personally, and I highly appreciate the agreement of Presidents Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky. I hope this is the beginning of the end of a very long, deadly and difficult war,” the US president wrote on Truth Social.