KYIV — Russia and Ukraine will meet next Monday in Istanbul for a second round of peace talks if the Kremlin produces its promised memorandum of terms for an agreement. After the first round of direct talks on May 16 in Istanbul, Russia and Ukraine agreed to prepare memorandums detailing their conditions for peace.

Russia has proposed holding the second round of negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul on 2 June, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency TASS, citing Lavrov Details: Lavrov claimed that the Russian side had "promptly" developed a memorandum "outlining Russia’s position on all aspects of reliably