Negotiator David Arahamia told Ukrainian television channels that any meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin would “very likely” take place in Turkey. “The Russian Federation has given an official response to all the positions, which is that it accepts the (Ukrainian) position, except for the issue of Crimea (which was annexed by Russia in 2014),” Arahamia said. He said that while there was “no official confirmation in writing”, the Russian side said it “orally”. The comments came as Ukraine said it had regained control of the entire Kiev region.
Lithuanian documentary filmmaker Kvedaravicius killed in Mariupol, according to reports
Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravicius was killed on Saturday in Mariupol, where he had long since recorded the besieged port city, according to his colleagues and a media report. “Our friend who participated in Artdocfest, Lithuanian documentary writer Mantas Kvedaravicius, was assassinated today in Mariupol, with a camera in his hand, in this miserable war of evil against the whole world”, the Russian director Vitaly Mansky, . of the Artdocfest documentary, he said on Facebook. Quentaravicius was known, among other things, for his documentary “Mariupolis” in conflict zones, which premiered at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival. Shot in Mariupol, it is the portrait of a besieged Ukrainian city with a strong will to live. The strategic port is located in the breakaway region of Donetsk, in neighboring Russia, where pro-Russian fighters have been fighting Ukrainian forces since 2014. Listen to the latest episode of our daily podcast about Ukraine
