Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky accuses Kremlin of ‘engaging in yet another deception’ over peace proposal
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of engaging in “yet another deception” by failing to hand over its peace settlement proposal before a potential meeting between officials from the two countries next week.
“Ukraine has not received it. Our partners have not received it. Even Turkey, which hosted the first meeting, has not received the new agenda,” Mr Zelensky said.
“Despite promises to the contrary, first and foremost to the the United States of America, to President Trump: Yet another Russian deception.”
Moscow has proposed a second round of direct peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on Monday, two weeks after similar negotiations failed to bear fruit.
Kyiv says the memorandum was due following those talks.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow has drafted the memorandum and will present it at the next direct talks, adding that Kyiv had not responded to the offer of talks on Monday.
