MOSCOW, Mar 30The head of the Russian delegation, Assistant to the President of Russia Vladimir Medinsky, on Wednesday will additionally explain to the head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin about the results of negotiations with Istanbul with the Ukrainian delegation, said the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov. On March 29, another round of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations took place in Istanbul. The meeting was held at the Dolmabahce Palace closed to the press and lasted about three hours. The Russian delegation, as in previous rounds, was headed by Vladimir Medinsky, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation. Following the talks, he, in particular, said that the Russian Federation, during the special operation in Ukraine, is significantly reducing military activity in the Kiev and Chernihiv directions.12:59 In the world, the DPR said that it was impossible to negotiate with Kiev «What do you imagine? Do you imagine that our delegation held negotiations and did not report to the president?» Peskov told reporters, answering the question whether the president is planning a conversation with Medinsky about the talks in Istanbul. Answering the question whether Medinsky had already reported to the president on the results of the talks, Peskov told reporters, “Well, what do you think? 13:12At the talks with Ukraine, there is a long work to be done, the Kremlin said On Tuesday, following the results of the talks, Medinsky said that Ukraine had submitted its proposals on the treaty, Moscow would consider them. He also spoke about a possible meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky at the same time as the initialing of the peace treaty by the Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
