Miroshnik allowed discussion of a cease-fire at the next negotiations on Ukraine

The next negotiations between Russia and Ukraine may be devoted to a cease-fire. This was announced on Saturday, May 17, by the Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-large for crimes of the Kiev regime Rodion Miroshnik.

"The next stage of the negotiations may concern precisely the options outlined, how the ceasefire regime can be [achieved]," he said on the air of the Solovyov Live TV channel.

At the same time, Miroshnik stressed that the Russian Federation would not make concessions to the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky.

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On the same day, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The negotiations took place on the initiative of the American side. The heads of the departments exchanged views on the continuation of Russian-American contacts and discussed the results of the Russian-Ukrainian talks held in Istanbul on May 16.

On May 16, the Russian and Ukrainian delegations at the talks agreed to present their vision of a cease-fire and to exchange prisoners of war in the 1,000-by-1,000 format.

It was reported that the meeting was organized at the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul. The Russian Federation was represented by a delegation consisting of Vladimir Medinsky, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Galuzin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Igor Kostyukov, Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, and Alexander Fomin, Deputy Minister of Defense.