“We call on everyone to do so. In this case, the primary role lies with the mediation efforts of U.S. President Donald Trump and his team. Many disappointing words have been said. Of course, we want to believe that, alongside this, pressure is also being exerted on Ukraine to resume negotiations,” the spokesperson said.

Russia and Ukraine resumed direct dialogue in Türkiye on May 16, marking the first such talks in over three years. During the initial meeting, the parties agreed to a large-scale prisoner exchange under the “all for all” formula, which was completed in three successive rounds from May 23 to 25.

On June 2, the two countries held a second round of negotiations. Russia presented Ukraine with a set of conditions for a ceasefire aimed at achieving a sustainable peace agreement and announced its readiness to hand over the bodies of 6,000 deceased Ukrainian soldiers.

To date, Moscow has transferred 6,060 bodies of fallen Ukrainian soldiers to Kyiv and has received, in return, the bodies of 78 deceased Russian servicemen. The two countries also continue to carry out prisoner-of-war exchanges.

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