“A clown and a failure is talking about respectable people”, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zaharova in response to the Ukrainian President’s statement, Volodimir Zelenskithat the Russian delegation in Turkey is “decorative”.
Ukraine President Volodimir Zelenski, who is in Ankara where he will have talks with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan, said Ukraine is in contact with US delegations on the issue of talks with Russia.
Ukraine will decide on the steps that will take the talks after meeting with Tayyip Erdogan, Volodimir Zelenski explained.
Ukrainian president told reporters on arrival at Ankara Airport that the Ukrainian side was not formally informed of the composition of the Russian delegation sent to Constantinople by Moscow, but it seems to be ‘Decorative character’ and wondered “If he is able to make decisions.”
Turkey’s president, for his part, is expected to emphasize in his talks with the president of Ukraine the Turkish position, that is, there should be a ceasefire and peace talks without delay in ending the war, his office announced.
Tayyip Erdogan will discuss with Volodimir Zelenski all aspects of the latest developments in the Russian war in Ukraine, Faretin Altoun’s head of the Presidential Communications Services told X.