Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated on 23 May that Russia will present Ukraine with a draft "settlement document" as soon as the prisoner exchange is completed. Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency TASS,

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov cast doubt on Friday over the Vatican as a potential location for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, saying that the Holy See itself would find it uncomfortable to host two mainly Orthodox Christian nations.

Russia will be ready to present its list of ceasefire conditions to Ukraine immediately after the ongoing prisoner exchange between the two countries is completed, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has announced,

Sergey Lavrov says Kyiv used previous ceasefires to reinforce and rearm its forces, allowing for renewed attacks on Russia - Anadolu Ajansı

A Kremlin spokesman says Russia and Ukraine have no scheduled direct peace talks. The statement Thursday came nearly a week after their first face-to-face meeting since the early weeks of Moscow's invasion in 2022 and days after U.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the first phase of the exchange brought home 390 Ukrainians, including soldiers and civilians, with further releases expected over the weekend that will make it the largest swap of the war. Russia's Defence Ministry said it had received the same number from Ukraine.

The Russian Justice Ministry has added DW's Alexander Smirnov to a list of people it deems to be "foreign agents."

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has stated that he held a phone call on Thursday 22 May with Anita Anand, the newly appointed Canada’s foreign minister. Source: Sybiha on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda Details: Sybiha said the conversation with his Canadian counterpart focused primarily on "diplomatic efforts to achieve a