This is not a ceasefire, it is our wish to de-escalate, Russia said.
Russia’s promise to scale back military operations around Kyiv and northern Ukraine is not a ceasefire and talks on a formal deal with Kyiv have a long way to go, negotiator Moscow’s lead in the peace talks said on Tuesday.
Russian negotiators earlier on Tuesday pledged to drastically reduce the scale of military operations around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, in the clearest sign of progress yet. reach a peace agreement.
“This is not a ceasefire but this is our aspiration, gradually reaching a level of de-escalation at least on these fronts,” Vladimir Medinsky, Russia’s leader, said during a meeting. Interview with TASS news agency.
Medinsky said Russia had taken the second important de-escalation step by agreeing to a possible meeting of the presidents of the two countries at the same time that a peace agreement was signed.
“However, to prepare such an agreement on a mutually acceptable basis, we still have a long way to go,” he said.
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