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Zelensky heads to Turkey at the same time as Putin fails to indicate up for peace talks

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky was on his option to Turkey late yesterday following up on his problem to Russian chief Vladimir Putin to settle the battle in Ukraine.

Mr Zelensky goes to fulfill Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara and had supplied to then fly on to Istanbul to fulfill Putin.

A Ukrainian official stated Mr Zelensky would solely participate within the Istanbul talks if the Russian president attended.

In his nightly video handle, Mr Zelensky stated that Ukraine would resolve on its method to peace talks in Turkey as soon as there was readability on Mr Putin’s participation.

“The answers to all questions about this war – why it started, why it continues – all these answers are in Moscow,” Mr Zelensky stated. “How the war will end depends on the world,” he stated.

Mr Zelensky, alongside together with his European allies, is asking for an instantaneous 30-day ceasefire, however Mr Putin has stated he first desires to begin talks at which the main points of such a ceasefire might be mentioned.

US president Donald Trump has not too long ago backed the Ukrainian place, saying he desires the 2 sides to enroll to a 30-day ceasefire to pause Europe’s greatest land battle for the reason that Second World War.

A Russian lawmaker stated yesterday there is also discussions in Turkey about an enormous prisoner of battle alternate, even when the 2 international locations’ leaders don’t attend.

File: Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky gets off his plane in Lisbon
File: Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky will get off his airplane in Lisbon (AFP/Getty Images)

Arpan rai15 May 2025 04:38

Who is a part of the Russian delegation to Turkey?

Russia has launched the listing of their delegation to direct talks with Ukraine on settling the battle with Vladimir Putin notably absent.

The delegation is about to incorporate:

  • Adviser Vladimir Medinsky
  • Deputy defence minister Alexander Fomin, who took half within the final talks held between the 2 sides in 2022 within the weeks following Moscow’s full-scale invasion of its neighbour
  • Igor Kostyukov, director of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the GRU, Russia’s Foreign Military Intelligence Agency

Mr Putin on Sunday proposed direct negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul “without any preconditions”. However, late final evening, the Kremlin stated Mr Putin’s title was not on the listing of these attending.

Arpan rai15 May 2025 04:18

President Trump won’t be a part of Russia-Ukraine talks in Turkey

US president Donald Trump isn’t going to Turkey to hitch Russia-Ukraine talks at the moment, a US official has stated.

The official spoke after Russian revealed who could be in its delegation for the talks, and the listing didn’t embody Vladimir Putin.

Mr Trump had initially toyed with the thought of going to Turkey if the Russian president had been to hitch the peace talks there in individual.

Arpan rai15 May 2025 04:05

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-trump-putin-zelensky-meeting-turkey-live-updates-b2751293.html