"Russia has presented Ukraine with a draft document, outlining its demands as part of peace talks between the two sides," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said, APA reports citing Financial Times.

“The ball is in their court,” Peskov said on Wednesday. “We are waiting for a response.”

 

Peskov said Moscow had presented Kyiv with a “clearly worded and thorough draft document” as part of negotiations after Russia’s invasion but signaled little progress at the moment. President Vladimir Putin said last week that talks were at a “dead end”.

The two sides announced an exchange of draft peace proposals in March during a meeting of Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul. Since then, talks have appeared to stall.

Meanwhile, Russia said it has lost trust in Ukraine’s negotiating team. Maria Zakharova, Russia’s foreign ministry spokesperson, said Ukraine had turned the talks into a “circus” and accused Kyiv of changing its position as a “distraction”.

“This isn’t ‘trust but verify; this is just ‘verify’ because we haven’t trusted these people for a long time,” Zakharova said on Wednesday. “And of course, the main situation is developing on the ground.”

https://apa.az/en/cis-countries/moscow-presented-ukraine-with-a-draft-document-and-waiting-for-a-response-kremlin-374006