Peskov Announces a Break in Russia-Ukraine Negotiations

Peskov Announces a Break in Russia-Ukraine Negotiations Contacts between Russia and Ukraine at the negotiating group level are currently on hold. This was announced by Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov. “For now, it’s probably more accurate to call it a break,” Peskov said during a press conference, according to kommersant.ru. At the same time, the Kremlin representative emphasized that the parties had established channels of communication. After resuming direct negotiations, Russia and Ukraine held three meetings in Istanbul. The delegations last met on 23 July. The parties agreed to exchange prisoners of war. During the negotiations, Russia proposed setting up expert groups to resolve specific issues, but no progress was made on this matter.