(23 Jul 2025)
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Istanbul, Turkey – 23 July 2025
1. Wide of news conference by Russian delegation
2. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Medinsky, head of the Russian delegation:
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“In order for such a meeting (between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy) to take place, it is necessary to work out the terms of the agreement in advance, to understand what to discuss at this meeting, and in fact, at this meeting it is necessary not to discuss the agreement, but to put a period, to sign. You know, as we say, the end crowns the work. A meeting in order to discuss all this from scratch again makes no sense.”
3. Wide of news conference
4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Medinsky, head of the Russian delegation:
“The (Ukrainian) children are returning. This is a very sensitive thing, because in this list it was discovered that a large number of children have never been to the territory of Russia and most likely they are somewhere in Europe, we do not know. ++PAUSING FOR TRANSLATION++ 50 names from this list turned out to be not children ++PAUSING FOR TRANSLATION++ but already adults. Therefore, this list is constantly narrowing, but we still work on each name.”
5. Journalists surrounding Russian delegation members as they leave
STORYLINE:
The meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is possible only when there is an agreement to sign, head of the Russian delegation Vladimir Medinsky said Wednesday after talks with Ukraine in Istanbul.
“In order for such a meeting to take place, it is necessary to work out the terms of the agreement in advance,” Medinsky said.
“At this meeting it is necessary not to discuss the agreement, but to put a period, to sign. You know, as we say, the end crowns the work. A meeting in order to discuss all this from scratch again makes no sense,” he stressed.
Medinsky also noted that Russia keeps returning Ukrainian children.
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