Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Friday he expected a “clear picture” of the war in Ukraine by the spring, as Russian-Ukrainian bombing and clashes continue and the Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin is open to talks, Reuters reported and News.ro. .

“Ukraine is now advancing on the ground, recapturing part of its occupied territories. But Russia, on the other hand, is deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure. So it becomes difficult for Ukrainians, in particular, and for all of us to live,” — Çavuşoğlu. – he said at the forum in Rome.

“I think that by spring we will have a clear picture of a ceasefire or a truce or a negotiating table. But we will not give up. We, Turkey, will continue our efforts,” Cavusoglu said.

Russia’s war against Ukraine has been complicated by increased fighting on the ground, Cavusoglu said, adding that some Western countries should do more to bring the two sides to the negotiating table.

Putin is “open to talks” on Ukraine but has one condition: The West must accept Moscow’s demands, the Kremlin said on Friday, a day after US President Joe Biden said he would be willing to talk if Putin sought a way to end the war . .

After more than nine months of fighting and with winter approaching, Western countries are scrambling to increase aid to Ukraine, which is facing Russian missile and drone attacks targeting key energy infrastructure, leaving millions without heat, electricity and water.

Intense fighting is taking place in the east of Ukraine, and Russian forces in the southern regions of Kherson region and Zaporizhzhia continue to defend themselves.

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