Russia put forward several unacceptable conditions at talks in Istanbul - Ukrainian Foreign Ministry

The delegation of the aggressor country russia in Istanbul has voiced a number of unacceptable conditions for Ukraine.

The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Heorhii Tykhyi, has stated this, his words are quoted by Sky News on Friday, May 16.

Tykhyi noted that the Ukrainian delegation knows how to negotiate with representatives of russia.

"The Russian delegation voiced a number of things which we deem unacceptable," the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry emphasized.

According to him, since 2014, after the annexation of Crimea, Ukraine has held many rounds of negotiations with the russian federation.

"So I would say that the Ukrainian delegation knows how to handle all the things that might be voiced from that side," Tykhyi said.

The Ukrainian delegation had a "clear agenda" to ensure a ceasefire at the talks, as serious negotiations require "to have guns silent," the Foreign Ministry spokesman stressed.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, the talks between Ukraine and russia on May 16 in Istanbul lasted less than two hours.

On May 16, following the results of negotiations with the aggressor country, russia, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced a planned exchange of prisoners of war.

As a reminder, on May 16, the Axios portal wrote, citing its own sources, that russia had proposed "unrealistic demands" at the talks in Istanbul.