Putin assures that the third round of negotiations between the parties will be this weekend

The President of Russia, Vladimir Putinreported this Friday that the third round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will take place this weekend, in a conversation with the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz. This has been transferred by both parties, who have agreed to resume dialogue on the situation in Ukraine “soon”.

In a statement, the German government has indicated that, in the hour-long conversation, the leaders have exchanged different points of view.

Scholz has also expressed his “deep concern” about the situation in Ukraine and has pointed to the images and information that have come from the country in recent days.

In this regard, he has called on the Russian authorities to “stop” all fighting “immediately” and allow humanitarian access to the disputed areas.

Delegations from Russia and Ukraine met in Belarus for the second time since the conflict broke out on Thursday. The parties agreed to install humanitarian corridors to allow the passage of food and medicine and to meet again “soon”.

The Ukrainian delegation assures that Moscow is relaxing its requirements

The Ukrainian government has reported that the Russian delegation to the peace negotiations is “gradually reducing” the requirements for success in the talks.

For the time being, the Russian Government seems to have abandoned its calls to “denazify” the country, in reference to Moscow’s denunciations of the presence of “Nazi elements” within the Ukrainian Government, and its calls are becoming increasingly tangible, according to the adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Oleksiy Arestovich.

Arestovich: “They have stopped talking about denazification”

Arestovich has indicated, in this regard, that Russia is beginning to ask Ukraine for guarantees that it will not join the NATOand above all, conditions against the deployment of certain weapons systems in the country.

“They have stopped talking about denazification and so on to start talking about a non-accession status, although they have not talked much about this issue either. In reality, they have focused on preventing the deployment of certain types of offensive weapons in Ukraine,” explained the adviser in statements collected by UNIAN.

The adviser has indicated that this reduction in requirements shows that the Russian Federation “is beginning to understand that it is not possible to achieve its political objectives by military means.”