Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that the point of holding peace talks with Ukraine was to ensure a swift and complete Russian victory. "The Istanbul talks are not for striking a compromise peace on someone else's delusional terms but for ensuring our swift victory and the complete destruction of the neo-Nazi regime,

The deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, declared on Tuesday that the goal of peace talks with Ukraine is not to reach a compromise, but rather to secure a "victory for Russia.

The Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, stated on Tuesday that the goal of peace talks with Ukraine is not to find a compromise, but rather to secure a "victory for Russia.