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On the night of May 11, Putin invited Ukraine to resume direct negotiations on the war “without preliminary conditions “ In Istanbul on May 15.
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that Ukraine is waiting for confirmation of the ceasefire from Russia from May 12 and is ready to meet for peace negotiations, and also what is waiting for Putin on May 15 in Turkey personally.
On May 12, the speaker of the illegitimate Russian president Dmitry Peskov said that “Putin clearly and unequivocally outlined the position of resuming negotiations with Ukraine without preliminary conditions” and that Russia is supposedly “tuned to a serious search for long -term settlement of war.” But, in fact, he did not answer whether Putin was going to negotiate in Turkey. Zelensky called the “very strange” silence of Moscow about a meeting in Turkey for negotiations about the world.
On May 13, the special representative of US President Donald Trump in Ukraine Keith Kellogue said that the US president could come to negotiations in Turkey if Putin is still on them.
In the evening of May 14, the Kremlin site informedthat Putin He approved the composition of the delegation of the Russian Federation for negotiations with Ukraine. Head He appointed Medinsky delegations, which in 2022 already represented the aggressor country at negotiations in Turkey on the level of delegations and,,,,, According to the mediaparticipated in the preparation of the draft peace agreement. The delegation also included the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mikhail Galuzin, the head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Igor Kostyukov, Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexander Fomin.
On May 15, Zelensky stated that Ukraine was presented at negotiations on the ceasefire in Turkey at the highest level, while the level of delegation from the Russian Federation “is more like a fake.” IN Ukrainian delegation – Umarov, as well as the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Sergey Kislitsa.
On May 16, Anadolu wrote that a tripartite meeting of the delegations of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and Turkey will be held on May 16 at 12.30 p.m. Kyiv time – Later, which announced the Kremlin.
Trilateral negotiations of Ukraine, the USA and Turkey ended.
