Russia is proposing to hold a second round of talks aimed at finding a way to bring their invasion of Ukraine to an end. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced that the Kremlin is prepared to engage in further negotiations with Kyiv in Istanbul on 2 June.
The Russian top diplomat also stated that Moscow has come up with a list of issues it deems integral to the war. Lavrov says that Russia has come up with ways to overcome what he called “root causes of the crisis” in a corresponding memorandum.