Rüstem Umerov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, said, iz We would like to thank Türkiye for its facilitating role in this platform, an important platform for a dialogue and peace. he said.
The members of the delegation representing Ukraine spoke at a press conference after the Türkiye-Russia-Ukraine Triple Meeting held in Istanbul under the hosted of Türkiye.
Umerov said that they have completed the third meeting with the Russian delegation and that Ukraine clearly conveyed the priorities expressed by Ukrainian President Volumir Zelenskiy.
Emphasizing that the first priority was to hold a meeting between Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Umerov said that the participation of US President Donald Trump and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in this possible meeting would be extremely valuable.
Umerov underlined that a real ceasefire and the stopping of attacks on all civil structures will be the first steps for permanent peace.
Umerov stated that they proposed a meeting between the leaders until the end of August of August, and said that if this is accepted, Moscow would have a constructive attitude and show it to all partners.
“Ukraine is ready for cease -fire and peace talks” Stating that his country sees a comprehensive and unconditional ceasefire as the basis of diplomacy, Umerov said, “We are now ready for a ceasefire and the registered peace talks. We expect the other side to take the most basic step towards this peace.” he said.
Umerov, the ceasefire is sincere; He stated that the attacks on civil structures and critical infrastructures should stop and that they expect more development about the change of prisoners of war.
“Thank you for the role of facilitating Türkiye” Umerov said that they hoped to release civilians, especially children, said, uz We would like to thank Türkiye for the facilitating role in this platform for the supporting role in this platform, an important platform for a dialogue and peace. he said.
Umerov pointed out that real steps are possible and said that the Russian side should also take a constructive and realistic approach and that they will continue to work to achieve it.
Russia agreed to release those who have been captive for more than 3 years Yuriy Kovbasa, the representative of the Human Rights Commissioner in the Ukrainian Parliament, said that they would continue to work as before, and said, ik We have called to the Russian side for the release of people who have been kept as prisoners for more than 3 years. He said.
Answering questions from members of the press, Umerov said that it concerns more than 1200 people about the issue of the release of civilians and that they will continue their studies on this process.
Umerov said, in case of the possibility of a leadership meeting between Russia and Ukraine, “We expressed our expectations here. We suggested what can be discussed here and we said that we could prepare the agenda in this way.” he said.
Umerov, about whether there would be a fourth meeting with the Russian delegation, stated that the change of the prisoners of war will continue, and in this context, all conflicts ended and reiterated their calls for full and unconditional ceasefire.
Umerov also noted that they saw the leaders’ meeting as a priority and said that they would expect the results on these issues and that there were humanitarian progress at this stage.
Noting that his country is always ready for negotiations about the ceasefire, Umerov emphasized that they started negotiations during the process with the US and that the ceasefire is always a priority for Ukraine.
Umerov pointed out that there is no step to be taken by the Ukrainian side at this stage and said, “The world must be aware of this and support Ukraine for the ceasefire. We are ready, the Russian side that does not agree on this issue.” He said.
Umerov said that they started to work with the Russian side after 18.00 in the evening and that they had finished the talks around 21.30 and that they discussed the issues about the end of human, political and conflicts and that only one issue could be achieved.
The members of the delegation representing Ukraine spoke at a press conference after the Türkiye-Russia-Ukraine Triple Meeting held in Istanbul under the hosted of Türkiye.
Tykhyi stated that this meeting took place in a more constructive and calm atmosphere than the previous meeting and said, “Both sides repeated their positions.” He said.
Tykhyi emphasized that it is wrong to call the documents shared between the parties as “Memorandum, and said,“ Russia expresses this way, but the Memorandum is a document that both sides agreed. We think that these are drafts. ” made his words.
George Tykhyi, recalling that the documents are shared with the press, “The public can make its own decision in this sense. When we look at the document of Ukraine. When we look at the document of Ukraine, it is extremely logical, extremely constructive, structureable things. evaluated.
Tykhyi said that the basic principle for Ukraine is a ceasefire, “First the weapons should be silent so that the diplomats can speak. It is extremely simple. shared his opinion.
“We want to reach peace” Tykhyi stated that if Russian President Vladimir Putin accepts the meeting, he could immediately meet with the President of Ukrainian Volumimir Zelenskiy and said, “Why do we insist on the gathering of leaders? Because there is a person in Russia.” he said.
Neden Why is it so hard to sit and talk? We don’t understand it, Ty said Tykhyi, Zelenskiy is ready to meet.
George Tykhyi emphasized that Ukraine is the most painful party from the war and said, “Civilians, military personnel are killed and we want to reach peace and we were not already the party who wanted this war. Therefore, we will use it to improve peace. he said.
Tykhyi stated that they have achieved only humanitarian results with the format of peace negotiations and they have seen very little progress in political terms. he said.
Tykhyi pointed out that his country has no condition for the ceasefire and said, “If Russia says, ‘We are ready for the ceasefire today’, the ceasefire starts.” He said.
Tykhyi said that the Ukrainian-US dialogue continues, “President Zelenskiy and US President (US President Donald) Trump in contact and some important developments took place here. We think that some of the positive signs about Patriot missiles were given from President Trump. expressed his thought.
Tykhyi pointed out that the pressure on Russia should continue and said, “We think the more pressure on Moscow will be.” He gave his opinion.
At the meeting, the Russian side “We are moving forward. Why should we cut fire?” Tykhyi said, “This is a very painful declaration and peace development.” commented.
George Tykhyi said, “We do not think that they have won the war,” said the Russian side has not achieved any strategic target for two and a half years.
“We are grateful to President Erdogan” Emphasizing that his country is fighting a large army, Tykhyi said, “It is necessary to express once again the heroism of Ukrainian soldiers.” he said.
Tykhyi said in the Russian press on the questioning of “24 or 48 -hour ceasefire suggestions proposed by Russia ,, said:
“These are not actually sincere cease -fire suggestions. If we are talking about human beings on the front, it is necessary to understand this; this is already a thing from time to time. Local commanders are mutual agreement. They say that the bodies of our soldiers who lost their lives.
Tykhyi emphasized that the ceasefire means “a full ceasefire and conflicts in land, air and sea”.
Speaking about President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s acceptance of Andriy Yermak, President of the Presidency of the Presidency of the Presidency of the Ukraine before the negotiations, continued as follows:
“We care very much about the leadership of President Erdoğan, the power of all of us, the support we all share in this issue, and the role of his role in different peace formats is really valuable. We remember how President Erdoğan facilitated the Black Sea Grain Agreement. The first year was a very important work.
Tykhyi thanked Türkiye for “Istanbul Peace Negotiations, and said,“ Türkiye did something that no one has done and we appreciate it very much. ” He said.
“Until this stage, the change of 1200 prisoners of war took place and this platform provides this, Ty said Tykhyi, agreements on other changes in the negotiations.
Türkiye-Russia-Ukraine triple meeting ended Türkiye-Russia-Ukraine triple meeting held in Istanbul under the interim interval of Türkiye between Russia and Ukraine ended.
Çırağan Palace, the meeting was chaired by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, National Intelligence Organization (MIT) President Ibrahim Kalin and Chief of General Staff Gen. Metin Gurek also attended.
Russian delegation, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s adviser Vladimir Medinskiy and Deputy Foreign Minister Mihail Galluzin took place.
Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rüstem Umerov and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergiy Kyslytsya participated in the meeting.
Türkiye, the parties after 3 years at the same table managed to sit Immediately after the bloody war that started in February 2022, Turkey brought Russia and Ukraine together on the same table both in Antalya and Istanbul in the same year, and in May 2025, in Istanbul, the Russian and Ukrainian delegations managed to sit on the same table after 3 years.
Between Russia and Ukraine, negotiations were held in Istanbul on May 16 and 2 June.
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