No deadline set for Russia–Ukraine peace talks: Kremlin

The Kremlin has said that there is no set deadline for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine as process for Moscow and Kyiv to develop a unified text for a peace and ceasefire memorandum will be complex. 

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov in remarks published early on Tuesday explained that creating a final peace deal will take time because the details are complicated. Both sides will need to write and exchange drafts before agreeing on one final version.

“There are no deadlines and there cannot be any. It is clear that everyone wants to do this as quickly as possible, but, of course, the devil is in the details,” the RIA state news agency quoted Peskov as telling reporters.

“The drafts will be formulated by both the Russian and Ukrainian sides, these draft documents will be exchanged, and then — complex contacts to develop a single text,” the Kremlin spokesman said.

US President Donald Trump held calls on Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and the leaders of the European Union, France, Italy, Germany and Finland, in an effort to push forward peace in the three-year-old war in Ukraine.

Trump said after the call that Russia and Ukraine would immediately begin ceasefire negotiations. Putin said Russia “is ready to work with the Ukrainian side on a memorandum on a possible future peace accord.”