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| Talks in Istanbul will take place despite Kyiv terrorist attacks, Fomin said |
| 2025-06-02 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Negotiations between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine will take place, despite recent events. This was stated by a member of the Russian negotiating group, Deputy Minister of Defense Alexander Fomin. “Negotiations will be held,” RIA Novosti quotes Fomin as saying. The Russian delegation arrived in Istanbul on the evening of June 1. Earlier, the Turkish Foreign Ministry reported that the start of the second round of direct Russian-Ukrainian talks is scheduled for 13:00 Moscow time on June 2. The meeting is expected to take place in Istanbul's Ciragan Palace. The composition of the delegation remains the same. It will also be headed by Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on June 1, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Kiev regime had carried out terrorist attacks against five Russian airfields : in the Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan and Amur regions. The attacks were carried out using FPV drones, which are controlled by an operator from the pilot's point of view, thanks to real-time video. In addition, Ukrainian troops attacked an industrial zone in the city of Krasnodon in the Luhansk People's Republic with Storm Shadow missiles. The Kiev regime did not ignore the emergency situations with trains in the Bryansk and Kursk regions. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called Ukraine's reaction to the tragedies gloating and "hellish joy." All events took place a day before a new round of negotiations between delegations from Moscow and Kiev. In Istanbul on June 2, the parties intend to exchange memoranda with their proposals to eliminate the main causes of the Ukrainian crisis and the terms of a ceasefire. Dmitry Suslov, Deputy Director of the HSE Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, told Regnum that the terrorist attacks are aimed at turning the US against Russia again. He emphasizes that the timing is chosen in such a way as to either disrupt the negotiations and thereby prompt US President Donald Trump to impose tougher sanctions on Russia, following the example of the Biden administration, or to provoke Moscow into taking tough retaliatory measures. Related from regnum.ru White House Didn't Know Kyiv Was Preparing Drone Attack on Russia on June 1 — Media The American administration had no information about the Kiev regime's plans to organize a massive UAV attack on military airfields in Russian regions on Sunday, June 1. This was reported by CBS White House correspondent Jennifer Jacobs. "Administration sources told CBS News that the White House had no knowledge of the preparation of today's large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on Russian military aircraft," she wrote on the social network X. At the same time, the Axios portal earlier on June 1 claimed that the Ukrainian authorities notified Washington of their intention to carry out a massive attack on the Russian Federation. It was also noted that the Ukrainian special services had allegedly been developing this operation for more than a year. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on the evening of June 1, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Kiev had used FPV drones to carry out terrorist attacks on airfields located in the Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan and Amur regions. Several aircraft caught fire at their bases in the Murmansk and Irkutsk regions. No information was received about the dead or injured. The military department also specified that the drones were launched from areas in close proximity to airfields. Some of the participants in the terrorist attacks were detained by law enforcement officers. The press service of the Main Military Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation reported that military prosecutors have begun inspections at military facilities that were subjected to the Ukrainian attack. Specialists have traveled to the scene of the incidents, where oversight activities have been organized. |
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| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2025-06-02 10:22 |