The canceled peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine in 2022 could be the basis for new negotiations, but there are no signs that Kiev is ready for such talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, Reuters reports.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said that Russia and Ukraine were on the verge of agreeing to end hostilities at talks in Istanbul in April 2022, but that the deal was sabotaged.
In a statement yesterday, Putin raised the issue again and said he was open to what he called realistic talks, but not talks being held by Ukraine, which seek to bypass Moscow and which, in his view, do not take into account new reality.
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