Vladimir Putin has not been listed in a Russian delegation anticipated to go to Turkey for talks on Thursday with Ukraine.
The Russian president signed an order on Wednesday detailing who could be within the delegation to Istanbul, together with presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, deputy international minister Galuzin Mikhail Yuryevich, and deputy minister of defence Alexander Fomin.
On Sunday, Mr Putin had proposed direct negotiations with Ukraine to be held on Thursday “without any preconditions” and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had referred to as on the Russian president to satisfy him in Istanbul.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy had challenged the Russian president to satisfy with him. Pic: Reuters
Donald Trump won’t go to Turkey to hitch the Russia-Ukraine talks both, a US official confirmed after Mr Putin introduced the Russian delegation. The US president had stated he was “thinking” of going to Turkey if Mr Putin could be there.
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Donald Trump. Pic: AP
Mr Zelenskyy was on his technique to the Turkish capital of Ankara on Wednesday evening, a senior Ukrainian official instructed Reuters.
The Ukrainian president had stated he would attend the talks in Istanbul, however provided that Mr Putin additionally attended.
“I am waiting to see who will arrive from Russia and then I will determine what steps Ukraine should take. The signals in the media so far are unconvincing,” he stated in his nightly video tackle earlier.
He stated Mr Putin “continues to strike Ukraine”, including: “In fact, it is now more obvious to the entire world than at any other point during the full-scale war… that the only obstacle to establishing peace is the lack of a clear will from Russia to do so.”
The proposed assembly got here after the “coalition of the willing” international locations, together with Britain, threatened Russia with recent sanctions if it failed to participate in a 30-day ceasefire starting on Monday.
Russia successfully rejected the proposal by as a substitute calling for direct negotiations in Istanbul with Ukraine.
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On Tuesday the Institute for the Research of Struggle stated Russia is “attempting to prolong negotiations to extract additional concessions from the United States and while making additional battlefield advances”.
