Moscow again demands the exit of the Armed Forces from 5 regions – a source about the course of negotiations

After the SBU strike on Russian aviation within the framework of the operation of “Web” Moscow threatened with a breakdown of negotiations and a continuation of hostilities.

Source: The “Ukrainian Truth” interlocutor in the Ministry of Defense, aware of the course of negotiations

Details: According to the interlocutor, there is a shift in the negotiations, but Moscow deliberately focuses on insignificant issues in order to delay the process.

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Direct source language: “In negotiations are definitely [прогрес –УП]. But the minority of the issues that Russia wants to discuss is indicative of deliberate delaying time and finding any mechanisms in the process of negotiations. ”

Details: Separately, the source noted that the recent operation of the SBU “Spider”-during which 41 Russian military aircraft was affected, including strategic bombers and A-50 aircraft-also affected the course of negotiations.

“The Russian side clearly noted that there is a risk of disrupting any negotiations and continuing hostilities through such steps,” the official said.

At the same time, according to the source, Moscow did not change the approach to its requirements:

“The requirements were the same as during the first meeting. Initially, the exit from the territory of five regions – Kursk, Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson – and only then the ceasefire conditions.”

The interlocutor also confirmed that Vladimir Medinsky remains the main representative of the Russian delegation – he has full powers and is in direct connection with the Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

“The position of the Russian side was as unwavering as during the first round of negotiations. But this time the Ukrainian side was also rigidly. And this is the main difference. Kyslytsia was one of those who stated all the positions that our side did not agree with,” the UP interlocutor summed up.

That preceded:

• The meeting between delegations of Ukraine and the Russian Federation, which lasted just over an hour, became the second since May 16.
• According to the results of negotiations in Istanbul, Ukrainian and Russian delegations agreed on the next exchange of “all” for all “seriously wounded and young servicemen.
• The head of the Russian delegation, Volodymyr Medinsky, stated that during negotiations in Istanbul on June 2, Russia offered Ukraine a temporary cease cessation of fire for 2-3 days in separate sections of the front.
• Axios learned from a Ukrainian official who spoke on the conditions of anonymity, which, in Russia, “Memorandum” on ceasefire and end of the war preserved preliminary ultra -demands – in particular regarding the recognition of Russian occupation of Ukrainian territories.
• In the evening of June 2, Russian state information agencies published the text of the Russian “Memorandum of Settlement” with proposals for ceasefire.

Recall:

• The special operation of the Security Service of Ukraine under the code name “Web” – one of the largest and most complex sabotage operations against Russia’s military aviation, was conducted on June 1, 2025.
• According to the SBU, 41 Russian military aircraft were affected, among which strategic bombers Tu-95, TU-22M3, Tu-160, as well as a aircraft of a long-range radar detection A-50.
• The EU Ambassador to Kyiv Katarina Mernova after the SBU’s special operation “The Web” stated that Ukraine has its maps in the war.
• Denmark Prime Minister Matte Frederixen, commenting on the Ukrainian attack on Russian military airfields, which resulted in the destroyed and damaged strategic bombers, said Ukraine was successfully defending itself.