The Ukrainian government is beginning to see progress in its negotiations with Moscow on ending Russia's invasion, presidential adviser Ihor Zhovkva says, according to Ukrainian news agency UNIAN.
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Talks have been growing "more constructive" after two days of discussions via video.
"In the early rounds, Russia was not prepared to listen to our position but only made ultimatums: that Ukraine should surrender, drop our weapons, that our president should sign an act of surrender," Shovkva said.
"Now Russia has changed its tone a bit."
Shovkva said that the Ukrainian delegation was "cautiously optimistic" but that a breakthrough could only be achieved by the presidents, Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine is demanding an end to the war and the withdrawal of Russian forces.
Russia's demands include that Ukraine recognise the annexed Crimean Peninsula as Russian and the separatist areas in eastern Ukraine as independent states.
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