Putin proposed direct talks with Ukraine on Sunday about the end of the war. When US President Donald Trump wrote in social media that Ukraine should accept the Russian offer of the meeting, Zelanski stated that he would go to Turkey and wait for Putin.
– Trump must believe that Putin is really lying and he is an obstacle to the room. And we should make our part. Let's carefully approach this issue to show that we are not slowing down this process – said Zelnski on Tuesday, speaking to a small group of journalists in his office in Kiev.
The President of Ukraine added that On Thursday, he will go to Turkey, regardless of whether Putin will appear at the talks. “If Putin does not arrive, this is the final evidence that he does not want the end of the war,” said Zelanski.
Russia -Ukraine conversations in Turkey. What will Putin do?
On Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Pieskov said that “Russia would announce who would go to planned peace talks in Turkey when Vladimir Putin deems it appropriate.”
– The Russian side is still preparing for negotiations that are to take place on Thursday. That's what we can say. We do not expect any further comments yet – said Pieskov, when asked by journalists about these conversations and the request of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelnski, that the Russian leader personally was present on them.
Earlier, Zelanski's adviser Mychajło Podolak said that the President of Ukraine would talk about suspending the fighting only with Putin. – Of course not. This is not the format – said Podolak, Asked if Zelanski could meet with some other representative of Russiaif Putin does not appear to meet in Istanbul.
