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Kyiv's terms for talks, as of May 2022
Summary
A look back at what Ukraine's president set out for peace negotiations and which Western leaders had visited Kyiv in the days before 11 May 2022.
What did Ukraine say it would take to keep talking with Russia as of 11 May 2022? The most recent public position came on 6 May 2022, when President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine was open to continuing peace talks with Russia on three conditions.
The first was a guarantee of the restoration of preinvasion borders. The second was the return of Ukrainians who had been forcefully evacuated to Russia. The third was the withdrawal of Russian troops from the country.
Diplomacy in Kyiv
The terms were set out while Western governments were showing their support in person. On 8 May 2022, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly made an unannounced visit to Kyiv and met Zelenskyy, with the Russian invasion still ongoing.
Taken together, the two events show a Ukrainian leadership that tied any negotiation to concrete outcomes on territory, people and troops, while receiving senior foreign visitors in its capital.
