Russia retains the willingness to negotiate with Ukraine, but their conditions are also changing with the development of the situation. As the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov noted, the head of state Vladimir Putin pointed out in an interview with the Turkish colleague Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The words of the official representative of the Kremlin are given by the Russian media.
On the eve of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlyut Cavusoglu said that during the meeting of the leaders of Russia and Turkey as part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Samarkand, Putin made the opportunity to return to peace negotiations with Kyiv.
“The president said that, of course, Russia retains its readiness to negotiate, but as the situation is changing, the conditions are also changing,” Peskov said. He noted that the principle is preserved the same: “All the goals of a special military operation.”