After the second round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, the head of the Russian delegation spoke out.

On June 2, local time, the delegations of Russia and Ukraine began the second round of direct negotiations on the peaceful settlement of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in Istanbul, Turkey. After the talks, Medinsky, head of the Russian delegation and assistant to the Russian president, gave a unified explanation of the talks. He said that the Russian side has submitted a peace memorandum on the Ukrainian issue to the Ukrainian side. The memorandum of the Russian side included how to reach a real ceasefire proposal, so the Ukrainian side decided to respond after studying it. Medinsky also said that Russia will unilaterally transfer 6,000 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers to the Ukrainian side next week. If there is an exchange of the remains of Russian soldiers on the Ukrainian side, the Russian side will accept it. Russia and Ukraine decided to exchange all seriously wounded and seriously ill prisoners of soldiers under the age of 25. Medinsky also said that the Russian side proposed a ceasefire on certain fronts for 2-3 days to allow both sides to collect the remains of the dead, and the Ukrainian side promised to study the proposal of the Russian side.