“The Center for Combating Misinformation denied reports of Russian propagandists about a bilateral meeting between the head of the Russian delegation Vladimir Medinsky and the Ukrainian Defense Minister of Ukraine Rustem Umerov before negotiations in Istanbul.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: CPD in Telegram
Literally: “Russian propaganda launched a campaign for discrediting the Ukrainian negotiation group. Putin’s assistant Volodymyr Medinsky declared a” bilateral meeting “with the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov before negotiations in Istanbul. This information is not true.”
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Details: It is reported that in fact the meeting was held in the presence of Turkish Foreign Minister Khakan Fidan, who was a mediator.
“The statements about the” closed agreements “reached at this meeting are a manipulation aimed at undermining the Ukrainian negotiation group,” the Center for Combating Misinformation said.
The CPD also warned that Russian propaganda was preparing a two -vector information attack against Ukrainian representatives at Istanbul talks.
In particular, exclusions with elements of conspiracyrology about alleged personal connections of representatives of the delegation with the Russians will spread within Ukraine. To the Western audience is a messenger that Ukraine is “delaying peace talks.” While Russia systematically avoids the ceasefire agreements.
“The purpose of Russia is to replace the reality and to impose a narrative in which the aggressor makes itself for a” peacemaker, “the CPD emphasized.
Before that, TASS propagandists reported that the head of the Russian delegation Volodymyr Medinsky and the Ukrainian Defense Minister of Ukraine Rustem Umerov held a bilateral meeting before the negotiations.
That preceded:
- The meeting between delegations of Ukraine and the Russian Federation, which lasted just over an hour, became the second since May 16.
- Before negotiating with the Russians, the First Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislytsia and a member of the Ukrainian delegation, Alexander Bevz met with representatives of European partners of Ukraine – Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom.
- 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.
- In the evening of June 2, Russian state information agencies published the text of the Russian “Memorandum of Settlement” with proposals for ceasefire. Among them are the neutral status of Ukraine, elections and exit from four regions.