Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that the point of holding peace talks with Ukraine was to ensure a swift and complete Russian victory. "The Istanbul talks are not for striking a compromise peace on someone else's delusional terms but for ensuring our swift victory and the complete destruction of the neo-Nazi regime,

Retribution is inevitable - writes Dmitry Medvedev, former President of Russia, on Telegram. Simultaneously, the politician announces a "swift victory" and criticises peace negotiations in Istanbul. Many of the reports conveyed by Russian media and representatives of the authorities are likely not true.