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To extend: During 2022-2024, Ukraine and Russia held secret direct negotiations....

Ukraine and Russia have repeatedly conducted direct secret negotiations - Goncharenko

To extend: During 2022-2024, Ukraine and Russia held secret direct negotiations. The meetings were held on the Arabian Peninsula. This was stated by MP Alexei Goncharenko on Telegram. "I will reveal to many a secret that you may not be ready yet: Ukraine has already negotiated with Russia. Not one, not two or even three times. It was in 2022. and in 2023. And even in 2024," the message reads.

Goncharenko noted that the delegations were at a high level, and the meetings took place secretly on the Arabian Peninsula. "So now, when someone starts shouting about the" impossibility "of direct negotiations - just know: they were already. And not once. Why did they fail? I will tell you. But not now. For obvious reasons," the People's Deputy added.

We will remind, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky declared his willingness to meet Putin in Istanbul, if the Russian Federation agrees to the ceasefire from May 12. Donald Trump calls on Ukraine immediately to agree with Russia in Istanbul on May 15 and not wait for the ceasefire. Focus also wrote that Russia's direct negotiations with Ukraine, proposed by Putin, is another "divorce" on his part, the analyst Alexander Kochetkov is convinced.