(12 Dec 2024)
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ARCHIVE: Kazan, Russia – 23 October 2024
1. STILL of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov
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Moscow, Russia – 12 December 2024
2. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesman: ++OVERLAID BY SHOT 1++
"During a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban proposed to hold a major prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine on Christmas Eve and to announce a Christmas ceasefire. Russia has never refused to hold peace talks and has repeatedly stated its readiness to resume them on the basis of the 2022 Istanbul agreements."
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ARCHIVE: Kazan, Russia – 23 October 2024
3. STILL of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov
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Moscow, Russia – 12 December 2024
4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesman: ++OVERLAID BY SHOT 3++
"On the same day, the Russian Federal Security Service handed over our proposals for a prisoner exchange to the Hungarian Embassy in Moscow. However, judging by (Ukrainian President, Volodymyr) Zelenskyy’s reaction on social networks, as well as his entourage, the Ukrainian side rejected all of Orban’s proposals."
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ARCHIVE: Kazan, Russia – 23 October 2024
5. STILL of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov
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Moscow, Russia – 12 December 2024
6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesman: ++OVERLAID BY SHOT 5++
"Consultations on establishing peace will continue. The Russian side fully supports efforts by Orban aimed at searching for a peaceful settlement and solving humanitarian issues related to a prisoners’ exchange."
++ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++
STORYLINE:
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed on Thursday that Ukraine turned down a proposal by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for a ceasefire and a prisoner exchange.
Peskov emphasized Moscow’s openness for negotiations.
"Russia has never refused to hold peace talks and has repeatedly stated its readiness to resume them on the basis of the 2022 Istanbul agreements,” Peskov said in a conference call with reporters.
“We proceed from the assumption that consultations on reaching peace will continue,” Peskov said.
“The Russian side fully supports efforts by Orban aimed at searching for a peaceful settlement and solving humanitarian issues related to prisoners’ exchange.”
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