Russia's memorandum on ceasefire, reaching lasting peace handed over to Ukraine - Medinsky

ISTANBUL. June 2 (Interfax) - Russia has handed over its memorandum on a ceasefire and reaching full-fledged peace to Ukraine, the document is detailed, and Kiev has taken time to study it, Vladimir Medinsky, who leads the Russian delegation at the Istanbul talks, said.

"We handed our memorandum to the Turkish side, which consists of two parts. The first one is about how to reach a real lasting peace. And the second part is about what steps to take to make a full-fledged ceasefire possible. And in the second part there is even a variation: to do it this way or to do it that way," he told reporters following the Istanbul talks on Monday.

"The plan is quite detailed, worked out by our side. That is why the Ukrainian side decided to take it for studying. They will study it and they will respond to it. We will see," Medinsky said.

Medinsky said that Russia has proposed to Ukraine a ceasefire for two or three days on some parts of the frontline, this issue will be considered.

"The latest proposal made by us - because the Ukrainian side often speaks about the need for a ceasefire, in fairly general words - we proposed specifically a ceasefire: two to three days on some parts of the frontline," Medinsky told reporters.

"Our military specialists and Ukrainian ones will now consider that," he said.

It is being done "so the commanders can collect their soldiers' bodies," he said.

Russia will give Ukraine 6,000 bodies of Ukrainian troops next week, Medinsky also said.

"We have solved several practical issues. Firstly, we are unilaterally giving the Ukrainian side 6,000 frozen bodies of dead Ukrainian soldiers and officers," Medinsky told reporters.

"We have stored them. We identified all we can, we performed genetic tests, we found out who they were. We will give these bodies to the Ukrainian side in a direct, organized manner, by special trains next week so they can bury them in a human way," he said.

"I don't know if there are any for us. If they have some bodies on their side, we will also take them," Medinsky said.