Putin stated during a June 23 government meeting that Russia is willing to negotiate with Ukraine only if talks are based on the Istanbul 2022 draft agreement — which would have required Ukraine to abandon NATO membership and cede Crimea to Russian de facto control. Ukraine rejected those terms in 2022 and has since strengthened its military and NATO partnership, making a return to that framework politically unlikely. The statement comes amid ongoing US-Israel military operations against Iran and continued Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, with neither side showing movement toward negotiation.