Russia claims to have offered Ukraine partial ceasefire

Vladimir Medinsky, the head of the Russian delegation at the talks in Istanbul, has said that Russia is offering Kyiv a temporary ceasefire on certain fronts.

As Medinsky said during a broadcast by Russian propaganda media following the talks in Istanbul that Russia has prepared a two-part "memorandum" proposing a ceasefire and ending the war it started.

The second part of the "memorandum" provides for "variability" and "several paths", he said.

Among other things, Russia offered Ukraine a 2-3-day ceasefire in certain areas of the front line during the negotiations, and the Ukrainian side has taken time to consider the proposal.

Medinsky also confirmed the preparation of the "most ambitious" prisoner exchange between Kyiv and Moscow, which will include the seriously wounded and seriously ill, as well as military personnel under the age of 25, and the exchange of 6,000 bodies.

Earlier, the Ukrainian side reported the results of the talks with Russia.

The meeting between the delegations of Ukraine and the Russian Federation, which lasted for just over an hour, was the second one after the talks on 16 May.