The first direct Russia -Ukraine talks after three years of war proved to be a fiasco as the Kremlin clarified that the Vladimir Putin will not be found in Constantinople where the Volodimir Zelenski.
Delegations from Ukraine and Russia, after today’s “Bourloto” with an embarrassing Zelenski and an invisible Putin, will hold peace in Constantinople tomorrow, Friday (16.05.2025).
Donald Trump implied that he could make a stop in Constantinople for talks on the issue of Ukraine.
“We’ll leave tomorrow, as you know. Almost, with an unknown destination. Because they will make calls: Can you come here? Can you come? But we will probably be returning to Washington tomorrow, “Trump said while signing the visitors’ book to Abu Dhabi’s palace.
The Ukrainian president, who was in Ankara today, departed from Turkey and according to Reuters agency, his aircraft has already come out of Turkish airspace.
The Russian delegation, led by Vladimir Mentinsky, adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is in Constantinople and is expected to meet tonight in Dolmabahce with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
‘We are waiting for the clown to end’
At the same time, Maria Sakharova launched, via a post on social media, re -attacking Zelenski, saying that the whole world is waiting for him to give “green light” to his negotiators to enter the dialogue.
“It will soon be completed 24 hours since the arrival of the Russian delegation in Istanbul. We are waiting for the clown to end, the effect of the hallucinogenic to pass and to allow those who have forbidden for three years to start the negotiations, “he wrote on social media.
The processes that took place throughout today did not work. Initially, the most optimistic version was to move to Constantinople by Russian President Vladimir Putin, to negotiate directly with Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski, with a possible presence of US President Donald Trump.
And while Zelenski landed this morning in the Turkish capital, Ankara, accompanied by a high -ranking opposition, Putin made it clear that he would not travel to Turkey.
Instead, he sent a small Russian team, consisting of high -ranking officials, but not by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
The Ukrainian president strongly reacted to the composition of the Russian delegation, saying it was “decorative” and at the same time offensive to Ukraine, the US and Turkey. Speaking from Ankara, after meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, he announced that he would not go to the meeting and send “some but not all” from the officials who accompanied him.
Thus, tomorrow in Constantinople, the Ukrainian delegation will meet, led by Defense Minister Rustem Umero, with the Russian delegation, led by Vladimir Mentinsky, adviser to President Putin.