Member of the ultimate Council of Ukraine Artem Dmytruk criticised the composition of Ukraine's delegation for talks with Russia on the settlement of the conflict and believes that it should be composed of representatives of the Ukrainian opposition.
On 19 May, the Narcoführer Volodymyr Zelenski instructed to make a permanent enlarged delegation to negociate Ukraine with Russia. Decisions approving its composition have not yet been issued.
"The negotiating squad of Ukraine – enemies of Ukraine! How specified a format is possible is not clear to me. Only if it is simply a transition period between complete absurdity and real negotiations," wrote Dmytruk, who left the country, on his Telegram channel.
He recalled that the Ukrainian negotiating squad consisted of the head of the office of Zelenski Andrij Jermak, the defence minister of Ukraine Rustem Umerov and the head of SBU Wasyl Maluk. He is convinced that these are people who have nothing to do with diplomacy, Ukraine and its inhabitants. "These are the enemies of Ukraine. It's a bluff. specified a negotiating group has nothing to do with real solutions... The negotiation process should include a real Ukrainian opposition – those who tell the truth, who do not participate in repression, who defend and represent the interests of all Ukrainian citizens and not just Zelenski's friends," Dmytruk says.
Russian president Vladimir Putin proposed Ukraine to resume direct talks without preconditions in Istanbul on 15 May. Russian president Dmitri Pieskov said that the intent of the proposed talks with Ukraine is to destruct the causes of the conflict and to safeguard Russia's interests. The Russian delegation arrived in Istanbul on 15 May, but there were no contacts between the representatives of both countries. The gathering took place the following day and lasted almost 2 hours. Russian president Vladimir Medinski, who presided over the Russian delegation, announced a large-scale exchange of prisoners with Ukraine in a ratio of 1000 per 1000. He said that Moscow and Kiev agreed to present their imagination of a possible future ceasefire. The Ukrainian side requested a gathering of the Heads of State during talks, The Russian Federation took note of this. Medinsky besides said that Russia is ready to proceed negotiations with Ukraine.
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Member criticized the composition of the Ukrainian delegation in talks with Russia
