The Russian invasion on Ukraine entered its 32nd day on Sunday, even as negotiation talks between the two sides so far have not yielded fruitful results. The delegations have now decided to meet for the next in-person talks between March 28 and 30 in Turkey, a Ukraine negotiator and politician David Arakhamia informed on Facebook earlier in the day.
Russia’s lead negotiator, Vladimir Medinsky, confirmed Turkey as the location for the next peace talks. However, he said the negotiation would start on Tuesday (March 29) and end Wednesday (March 30).
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that an understanding on four of six negotiating points have been reached between the two former Soviet neighbours – Ukraine not pursuing North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) membership, use of Russian language in Ukraine, disarmament and security guarantees. However, Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said that there was “no consensus” on key points with Russia.This development comes as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the West of cowardice and not having enough courage to face Russia. In a video address earlier in the day, the comedian-turned-president said, “If only those who have been thinking for 31 days on how to hand over dozens of jets and tanks had 1% of their courage.” Zelenskyy has been consistently urging the West to provide Ukraine with fighter jets and tanks.
