President Vladimir Putin instructed Turkish chief Recep Tayyip Erdogan he become open to speak with Ukraine if Kyiv accepts territories occupied with the aid of using Moscow as Russian, the Kremlin stated Thursday.
“Putin once more showed Russia’s openness to severe speak at the circumstance of Kyiv government pleasurable the famous and again and again voiced necessities of taking into consideration the brand new territorial realities,” the Kremlin stated in a declaration.
Erdogan had known as for peace talks withinside the telecellsmartphone name with Putin, his workplace stated earlier.
Russian troops occupy big swathes of jap and southern Ukraine.
The Kremlin claims it has annexed the Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson areas regardless of now no longer controlling them of their entirety.
“The Russian aspect emphasized the negative position of Western states, pumping the Kyiv regime with guns and navy equipment, offering it with operational facts and targets,” the declaration added.
The leaders additionally mentioned the implementation of a landmark grain deal, brokered with the aid of using the UN with the assist of Turkey, to unblock Ukrainian grain.
The Kremlin stated the pair mentioned “the unblocking of meals and fertiliser materials from Russia” and the want for “the elimination of all limitations to Russian exports.”
Russia in short exited the deal in October after a drone assault on its Black Sea Fleet. It re-entered the deal inside days however officers have complained of regulations on Russian products.
Putin despatched troops to Ukraine in Febuary closing year.