Without Russian President Vladimir Putin, he will go to a diplomatic mission to Constantinople, where talks between Russia and Ukraine will be held, led by Russian Historical Education President Vladimir Mentinski.
Earlier, Volodimir Zelenski had stated that without Vladimir Putin, the negotiations would not make sense, As part of the intense diplomatic background of the last few hours, around the talks expected to take place tomorrow, Thursday (15.05.25) in Constantinople between Russia and Ukraine.
Although initially it seemed that talks would be at least at ministers level Foreignearlier the Russian newspaper Kommersant reported that Sergei Lavrov will not go to Turkey to represent Moscow.
“I expect to see who will arrive from Russia and then decide on what steps Ukraine should take,” Zelenski commented in his evening video message. Indeed, he accused Vladimir Putin of being able to think about the conversations“Continues to hit Ukraine.”
Today we held several meetings with the team regarding the format in Türkiye. I am waiting to see who will come from Russia, and then I will decide which steps Ukraine should take. So far, the signals from them in the media are unconvincing.
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– Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Volodymyr Zelenskyy (@zelenskyyua) May 14, 2025
It is noted that this is about the first direct conversations between Moscow and Kiev From the spring of 2022, when the two sides tried to agree on a ceasefire in the first weeks of the war.