Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin said Russia is ready to resume negotiations with Ukraine based on the framework of the previously discussed Istanbul agreements, marking a notable shift in tone from his earlier public stance. The remarks were reported by Ukrainian outlet RBC-Ukraine, which noted that just hours earlier, Putin had insisted he saw no conditions for dialogue.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “Russia, as has been said more than once, is ready for negotiations with Ukraine. Ready on the basis of the agreements that were reached back in Istanbul and, I remind you, were initiated by the Ukrainian delegation,” Putin said, adding that Ukraine was allegedly “fully satisfied” with them at the time. In his broader comments, Putin framed the current Ukrainian leadership as a “neo-Nazi” regime and claimed that Kyiv is trying to create only an impression of strong negotiating positions, while “realities on the battlefield are completely different.” He also claimed that strikes by Ukrainian forces on Russian territory, including incidents affecting civilians, “only encourage” Russian troops to continue their operations. Istanbul talks as precedent The Istanbul talks that took place in 2022, in the early weeks of Russia’s full-scale invasion, produced only draft ideas on Ukrainian neutrality and security guarantees before collapsing amid battlefield changes and public outrage over Russian atrocities.