On March 29, the same day that a new round of talks between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Turkey were due to take place, began with the litany of news about fighting, shelling and deaths. As in the port of Mykolaiv where, this morning, reports the Ukrainian television channel TSN, a cruise missile strike hit the headquarters of the regional administration, killing 7 and injuring 22. The region’s governor, the very popular Vitaly Kim, may have been targeted, but he was not at the scene at the time of the impact.
Then, later that day, the rumor circulated. On the occasion of “first direct talks” (not on video) “for weeks and dealing with a possible ceasefire”, indicates the information site Obozrevatel, “MP David Arakhamia, head of the Ukrainian delegation, said that the meeting in Istanbul was unanimously considered positive”.
New security guarantees for Ukraine
During the negotiations, the possibility of an international treaty was raised, by which kyiv would affirm its neutrality, and would obtain in return security guarantees from several countries.
“Among the guarantors, Ukraine is considering member countries of the United Nations Security Council, but especially the United States, Great Britain, China, France, Turkey, Germany, Canada, Italy, Poland, Israel.”
According to Ukrainian diplomat Oleksandr Tchaliy, “the treaty proposes that if Ukraine is the object of any aggression, it has the right, in the