INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia's lead negotiator in peace talks with Ukraine said Sunday it was too early for a top level meeting on ending the conflict."The
Ukrainian side has become more realistic in its approach to issues related to the neutral and non-nuclear status of Ukraine but the draft
agreement is not ready for submission to a summit meeting," Vladimir Medinsky said on Telegram.He said he did not share the "optimism" of
Ukraine's negotiators on the possibility of talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelensky.Ukraine's top negotiator David Arakhamia said Saturday that Moscow had "verbally" agreed to key Ukrainian proposals, raising hopes
that talks to end fighting were moving forward.He raised the possibility of a meeting between Putin and Zelensky in Turkey, without saying
when it might be possible.Ukraine has offered at the talks to drop its aspirations to join NATO and declare official neutrality, if it has
security guarantees from Western countries
on Crimea and the Donbas "remains unchanged" and that talks would resume by video conference on Monday.
