Collapse time by time the hopes of reaching peace between Ukraine and Russiaas the delegation sent by Vladimir Putin to Constantinople and the Volodimir Zelenski delegation cannot agree on the time of the talks.
Ukraine official said that there has been no agreement so far on the time of the start of talks with Russia in Istanbul, rejecting information reported by Russian media earlier.
Andriy Kovalnko, a member of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council, told Telegram that “it is not scheduled and not true” that the talks would start at 10am (Istanbul and Greece), as it had broadcast a little earlier.
The negotiations are expected to take place at the Dolma Palace Bahce and will be closed to the press.
Putin had a meeting with high -ranking officials in… Moscow
Putin had late yesterday, Tuesday, meeting with some of Russia’s highest -ranking officials on upcoming peacekeeping talks with Ukraine, the Kremlin said today.
Among those who attended the meeting were Defense Minister Andrei Belosov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valeri Gerasimov, Secretary of the Security Council Sergei Sojigu, Kremlinou’s Foreign Policy Advisor Commanders.
Putin ‘torpedoed’ the negotiations
In the meantime, both US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have implied that they will not attend these talks, the first direct negotiations between Moscow and Kiev after the war in Ukraine.
Putin proposed on Sunday to hold these direct talks with the Ukrainian side “without conditions”.
Late yesterday, Wednesday, the Kremlin announced the members of the Russian mission, which will include experienced technocrats, including Putin’s adviser, Vladimir Mentinsky, Deputy Foreign Minister Michael Galuzin and Deputy Foreign Minister.
However, Putin’s name was not included in the list.
Following this announcement an US official said that Trump, touring vaginal countries, will not take part in conversations.
The absence of US and Russia presidents reduces the chances of making some significant progress in talks.
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski He has caused Putin to participate in the conversations, “if he is not afraid”.
THE Zelenski was on the way to Turkey yesterday, to meet with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan In Ankara, and Ukrainian official pointed out that He will participate in talks in Istanbul only if Putin attends.
In the established video posted every night on social media, Zelenski said Ukraine would decide on her moves in peace talks as soon as Putin’s participation is clear.
“The answers to all the questions about this war – why it started, why it goes on – all these answers are in Moscow,” Zelenski said. “How the war will end depends on the world,” he added.
Trump wishes both sides to agree on a 30 -day truce, with Zelenski supporting this proposal. However, Putin has stated that he first wants to start conversations in which the details of a truce will be discussed.
After all, a Russian MP said yesterday that another issue that may be discussed today is a major exchange of prisoners of war between the two sides.
Foreign Minister Marco Rubio and Trump’s envoys, Steve Whitkov and Keith Klogek, participate in the US delegation that will take part in the talks.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Antriy Sibicha said earlier today that he met Rubio to present Zelenski’s vision for peace and “to coordinate our positions this critical week”.