According to him, the negotiations may be inspired by fears that Russia might "concentrate" - we are talking about full-fledged mobilization, updating equipment and exchanging military personnel.

“After that, the situation at the front will not change in favor of Ukraine.

And the negotiations will be different.

Therefore, perhaps now all these countries are in a hurry to consolidate their success.

That is, to force Russia to make some concessions and compromises,” Bezpalko said in a comment to RIA Novosti.

Earlier, the chairman of the joint parliamentary committee of Turkey and the EU, Ismail Emrah Karayel, said that negotiations between Russia, the United States, Germany, Britain and France could be held in Istanbul.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that Russia had not received proposals for negotiations with Western countries.