The third round of Russia-Ukraine talks took place from July 24 to 25.

A new round of talks between Russia and Ukraine will be held on July 24 and 25, a source in Moscow told RIA Novosti, RIA Novosti reported.

“July 24-25,” a source in Moscow told RIA Novosti in response to a related question.

Ukraine and Russia held two rounds of talks in Istanbul. The results included the exchange of prisoners and the bodies of the dead soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Moscow and Kiev also exchanged draft memoranda on the settlement of the conflict.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on July 20 that Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Rustem Umerov had proposed to Russia to hold another round of talks next week. A source in the Russian negotiating team confirmed information about such a proposal to RIA Novosti. “Signals from Kiev allow us to hope that the date for negotiations will come soon,” a source told RIA Novosti.

The new round of talks is expected to exchange views on a memorandum of understanding on the vision of a peace solution, which the delegations exchanged earlier, and discuss a number of humanitarian issues.

The head of the Ukrainian delegation in the third round of negotiations with the Russian Federation in Istanbul will remain Rustem Umerov, who after the reshuffle of the Ukrainian Government became Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council; while the new Minister of Defense of Ukraine Denis Shmygal will not be present, said Deputy Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament Alexey Goncharenko.

On the Russian side, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said there were no changes in the Russian delegation participating in the new round of negotiations with Ukraine./.