Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba told how the Russian Federation sees the peace negotiations: when the delegation from Moscow arrived, put an ultimatum on the surrender of our side, and the delegation from Kyiv agreed to this. But our position is different, he said during an interview with Radio Liberty..

Kyiv insists on holding a dialogue, during which the parties will seek mutually acceptable solutions, and Moscow will personally show respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our country.

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He added that Kyiv realized that a dialogue with Moscow is now impossible, when the Russian ultimatum failed to turn into a dialogue between the two sides..

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Kyiv and Moscow suspended peace talks on May 17. Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, explains that now Russia does not need real negotiations and the signing of some kind of stable document, but only an operational pause to restore troops and build up combat readiness.

Some countries in the West agree that it will be possible to sit down at the negotiating table with the Russian Federation only after the complete defeat of the invaders on the battlefield. For example, this is the opinion of Liz Truss, the head of the British Foreign Office, which today claims to be the prime minister of the country.. At the same time, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in favor of holding talks with Putin "