The Russian leadership is preparing a response to Kiev's proposal for a new round of negotiations if the Ukrainian side has approached Russia with such an initiative, Grigory Karasin, head of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, told Izvestia.
The Russian side is ready to continue negotiations with Ukraine to resolve the conflict. This was announced on July 14 by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, as reported by MIC Izvestia.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Russia's Lavrov about ending the Ukraine conflict ahead of peace talks in Istanbul. Both sides recently launched large drone attacks. The talks aim to achieve lasting peace amid ongoing fighting and diplomatic efforts.
EAM Jaishankar said, "We have been discussing for some years now with Russia on how to expand our trade. Our trade with Russia is really quite small level."
Russia rejected claims that it is not ready to negotiate with Ukraine on Tuesday and blamed Kyiv for intentionally staging provocations to sabotage the process.
New Delhi [India], February 28 (ANI): As the Russia-Ukraine conflict continued to evolve rapidly, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) called for an immediate ceasefire on the fifth day of tensions between the two countries.