Kremlin Calls for More 'Substantial' Talks on Ukraine

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
more substance."There is some kind of process happening
We would like more active and substantial (talks)," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.Russia's position was "well-known to
the Ukrainian side" because Moscow handed over its demands in written form "many days ago," Peskov said."We would like a more substantial
and swift answer," he said.The two sides are currently holding negotiations remotely after several rounds of talks between delegations
meeting on the border between Belarus and Ukraine.So far, the talks have yielded little progress, with both sides blaming the other, and
counterpart Vladimir Putin late Monday.Zelensky told local media that he was ready to meet Putin "in any format" to discuss ending the
almost one-month-old war that has shattered several Ukrainian cities.Zelensky said even the status of Russian-occupied Crimea and
self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine.All three areas were part of Ukraine following
the collapse of the Soviet Union and are at the centre of a decade-old crisis that escalated on Feb
24.