Today, the Ukrainian negotiating group maintains contacts with the Russian side exclusively at the level of humanitarian subgroups. Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the President's Office, announced this on the air of the telethon..

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According to him, these contacts are due to the need to resolve issues of the exchange of prisoners and the exchange of bodies of the dead..

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He once again noted that conditions at the negotiating table should be set by Ukraine.

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“Russian conditions are unacceptable in any sense. Because they are not coordinated with the real world at all,” Podolyak emphasized, adding that the Russian vision of the world is only a postponement of war in the future..

Earlier, Mikhail Podolyak said that in order to return to the political and diplomatic part of the negotiations, it is necessary that the Russians begin to suffer significant military defeats on the battlefield and soberly assess the situation..

The first round of talks between Russia and Ukraine took place on February 28.

On May 17, the Ukrainian side confirmed the suspension of negotiations with Russia on a peaceful settlement.

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba insists Ukraine will not tolerate any ultimatums.

In early July, it was reported that the Western allies would not force Kyiv to negotiate peace with the aggressor..

Polish President Andrzej Duda also spoke about the fact that negotiations with Putin on ending the war in Ukraine cannot take place on his terms..