“The head of the Russian delegation and Putin’s assistant Volodymyr Medinsky said that Ukraine’s representatives will be waiting for negotiations at 10 am on Friday in Istanbul. Source: Russian propaganda agencies of TASS and RBC details: as the words of the Medinsky Russian media quoting, the Russian delegation arrived in Istanbul for direct bilateral negotiations with Ukraine without prior conditions.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Russian propaganda TASS and RBC agencies
Details: According to the words of Medinsky Russian media, the Russian delegation arrived in Istanbul for direct bilateral negotiations with Ukraine without prior conditions.
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He also reported that he held a “fruitful” meeting with the head of the Turkish Foreign Ministry, where the delegation explained the position of Russia.
That preceded:
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was not seeing a chance to break in negotiations between delegations of Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul.
- On the evening of May 14, Putin approved the composition of his delegation for negotiations with Ukraine. Putin himself is not in the list. The head of the delegation was appointed Vladimir Medinsky – Putin’s assistant. In 2022 he was already the head of the Russian negotiation group when Ukrainian and Russian delegations met.
- On May 15, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky approved the composition of the Ukrainian delegation for negotiations with Russia in Istanbul “On Aworks of Just and Sustainable Peace”, and 12 people were included.