A date with the killer: why Ukraine demands a meeting of Zelensky and Putin and when it will take place

Representatives of Ukraine are preparing for the next round of a meeting with Russia in Turkey on July 23, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a traditional evening address on Monday. A little earlier, the Head of State also announced the agenda of the next meeting: the return of prisoners of war, the return of children stolen by Russia and the preparation of the meeting at the level of leaders.

Meanwhile, the Turkish edition of İDependent Türkçe, citing diplomatic sources, notes that Istanbul may take place in Istanbul on the exchange of prisoners, humanitarian assistance and protection of infrastructure. The readiness of the Russian Federation has already been confirmed by the Kremlin Peskov spokesman. He also added that the composition of the Russian delegation will not change.

At the same time, Roszma, referring to informed sources, reports that the meeting is planned for July 24 and, during the new talk round, the parties plan to discuss the "peaceful memorandums" and a number of humanitarian issues transferred to each other in the last negotiations. We will remind, the extreme round of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations in Istanbul took place on June 2.

On it, Moscow has handed over to Kiev its so-called peaceful memorandum with a short-liking a priori of unacceptable ultimatums. Instead, the first and only closed meeting of Vladimir Zelensky with the Kremlin head was held on December 9, 2019 in Paris as part of the Norman format summit.

Official Kyiv consistently draws a line on the need for a meeting of Ukraine and Russia at the highest level, since Putin is decided in the Russian Federation, the political scientist, expert in the International Expert Maxim Nesvitaylov states.

Outlining this moment in conversation with focus, the expert added: "Actually, it is not surprising that as soon as he began to recover whether it is - to restart the talk process, immediately Ukraine began to consistently declare that the key importance of Zelensky with Putin is of key import So we continue to voice this position every time, because if we have dramatically changed our mind about it, it would look irrational and somewhat strange.

" Commenting on the likelihood of Zelensky's meeting with Putin in the foremost future, the expert said: "I do not see this opportunity in the near future, since the Russian Federation is not in a situation where it is pressed against the wall and forced to agree to a meeting of such a level. It is doubtful, since Donald Fredovych is a Balabol of intergalactic scale and his words weigh usually less than nothing.

" If, after the spill of 50 days, which the US President has taken to establish peace, Washington still imposes secondary sanctions against countries that buy Russian petroleum products, the expert predicts, the situation may change significantly. "With this development, Putin will see that Trump has finally begun to be responsible for his words.

However, if fifty days are exhausted and Trump's promises are another" puzzle in the puddle ", the hypothetical meeting of Zelensky with Putin, no matter how cool, will not have any results," At the same time, the political scientist, a partner of government agencies and communications Good Politics Maxim Jigun, in conversation with focus, emphasizes: - once again to demonstrate their interests in the state in the shortest peaceful settlement.

" Having expressed the belief that Putin is not interested in meeting Ukrainian visas now, the expert summarized: "Putin's disinterest is dictated by several reasons. First, he wants to continue the war, and at least some arrangements in the framework of the peace process, in this sense. The subjective state, which has a political and military leadership to be reckoned with.

Modeling the Kremlin's further tactics, the political scientist noted that the Russian Federation would seek to delay the hope that, as a result of the 50-day period, Trump will still soften his promises for anti-Russian duties and sanctions and continue the negotiation process.  "That is, the Russians, to put it bluntly, they want to chew the talking rubber only for the sake of changing geopolitical circumstances over time. The case of Iran's nuclear program, etc.

is now being updated," Maxim Jigun emphasizes. Answering the questions what factors can make Putin sit down at a talking table with Vladimir Zelensky, the political scientist emphasized that Ukraine's military strengthening plays a significant role in this sense. "No wonder the British say that throughout these 50 days, Trump will re -arry Ukraine and in vain the Germans will agree on the transfer to us their Patriots in return to American," the analyst points out.

According to Maxim Jigun, if the activation of allies of Ukraine will lead to the fact that the situation on the battlefield will become "predictable" for the Russians, Putin's readiness for diplomatic settlement will increase ten times. In this context, the political scientist recalls the de -occupation of part of Kherson and Kharkiv region in 2022, after which the Russians "almost every iron screamed" on a readiness to meet with the Ukrainian leadership to achieve any arrangements.