Urgent: Significant progress in negotiations and Russia has agreed "verbally" to Kyiv's proposals!

Ukraine's chief negotiator in peace negotiations with Russia revealed that Moscow had "verbally" agreed to key Ukrainian proposals, boosting hopes for progress in talks to end the war.

David Arachhamia told Ukrainian television channels that any possible meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian Vladimir Putin could "probably" take place in Turkey.

He added, "The Russian Federation gave an official response to all positions, and agreed with the "Ukrainian" position, with the exception of the issue of Crimea, "which was annexed by Russia in 2014."

He pointed out that there is no "official written confirmation", but the Russian side expressed this "verbally".

These comments came at a time when Ukraine announced that it had regained control of the entire Kyiv region.

According to the French news agency "AFP", Arachmia said that Moscow had agreed in the talks that holding a referendum on Ukraine's neutral status "will be the only way out of this situation."

Asked what would happen if Ukrainians voted against the country's neutrality, Arakhmia replied, "Either we return to a state of war, perhaps, or to new negotiations."

The Kremlin stresses Ukraine's neutrality and non-joining NATO.

Arakhamia said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan "contacted us and Vladimir Putin" on Friday, expressing his readiness to host the meeting between Zelensky and Putin.

But he explained that "neither the date nor the place is known, but we believe that the place will most likely be Ankara or Istanbul."

Turkey, which enjoys good relations with both Russia and Ukraine, has sought to mediate this dispute.

Since the start of Russian military operations in Ukraine, Zelensky has repeatedly called for a direct meeting with Putin.

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