Putin: in Istanbul, Russia agreed with Ukraine on denazification. He recalled that the negotiations were almost completed, but Kyiv threw out these agreements when Russian troops retreated from Kyiv.
In July 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Kyiv’s reluctance to implement the Istanbul agreements within the framework of peace negotiations. He also said that Kyiv initialed the draft agreement with Moscow that was being prepared in March 2022 in Istanbul. But after the withdrawal of the Russian Armed Forces fromKyiv, Ukraine threw it into the “dustbin of history.”