Putin Signals Readiness for Peace Talks if Kyiv Cedes Occupied Regions

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
President Vladimir Putin told Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan he was open to dialog with Ukraine if Kyiv accepts the territories
Kyiv authorities fulfilling the well-known and repeatedly voiced requirements of taking into account the new territorial realities," the
Kremlin said in a statement."President Erdogan said that calls for peace and negotiations should be supported by a unilateral ceasefire and
a vision for a fair solution," the Turkish president's office said following a telephone call between the two leaders.Russian troops occupy
large swathes of eastern and southern Ukraine, and the Kremlin claims it has annexed the entirety of the Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia, and
Kherson regions, despite this being far from the case."The Russian side emphasized the destructive role of Western states, pumping the Kyiv
regime with weapons and military equipment, providing it with operational information and targets," the statement added.The leaders also
said the pair discussed "the unblocking of food and fertilizer supplies from Russia" and the need for "the removal of all barriers to
days but officials have complained of restrictions on Russian products.