Ukraine: Zelenskyy says he'll wait for Putin in Turkey – DW – 05/13/2025

May 13, 2025 admin-dominor

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday he would attend talks on the war in Ukraine this week only if Russian President Vladimir Putin is also present.

Zelenskyy said he would meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Wednesday or Thursday and was ready to meet Vladimir Putin either there or in Istanbul.

Zelenskyy says Kyiv expects peace talks directly with Putin

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Russian and Ukrainian officials last held talks in Istanbul in March 2022 in an effort to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, but no agreement was reached.

The Kremlin has not confirmed whether Putin will take part in the talks, scheduled for Thursday in Istanbul, more than three years into Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War Two.

The talks are now the centerpiece of peace efforts led by US President Donald Trump, who said he would send Secretary of State Marco Rubio. He said the talks “could produce some pretty good results.”

More to come on this developing story.

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