Turkey has taken center stage in attempts to end Russia’s deadly war in Ukraine, but top government officials in Kyiv said Friday that 'no consensus' had been reached.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO nations have repeatedly called on the Kremlin to remove all Russian forces from its southern neighbor. But Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly laid out a list of six demands he says need to be met in order to broker a deal with Zelenskyy.
Putin has demanded that Ukraine refrain from joining the NATO alliance, agree to a disarmament deal, protect the Russian language and"de-Nazify" Ukraine. Calls for disarmament and the"de-Nazification" of Ukraine are expected to be met with resistance given that Ukrainians are defending themselves from a Russian invasion coupled with the fact that Zelenskyy was democratically elected to the presidency as a Jew.
"The negotiation process is very difficult," Kuleba said."The Ukrainian delegation has taken a strong position and does not relinquish its demands.
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