MOSCOW, Mar 28 Holding another round of Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul is a tactical concession from the Russian side, Andrey Kortunov, director general of the Russian International Affairs Council, said. Earlier, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that these negotiations are expected to start on March 29. For his part, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that there are chances for an agreement between Moscow and Kiev.08:00 «The Russians must get bogged down there.» How the United States is fueling the conflict in Ukraine «In a sense, this is a concession to the Ukrainian side, since the territory of Belarus is a more comfortable place for Russia to conduct negotiations. And Istanbul, on the contrary, is a place that is more convenient for the Ukrainian side, since Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan he has always supported Ukraine since 2014. Turkey is a member of NATO, it has its own position on other regional problems, which does not coincide with the Russian one. In general, in a sense, these are negotiations almost on Ukrainian territory,» he said in an interview with RIA Novosti. 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.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR forces are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. Kuleba. At the moment, the negotiators continue to contact via videoconferencing. The Russian delegation, as in face-to-face meetings, is headed by Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky. negotiations, Lavrov said
