Ukraine’s Zelenskyy sends delegation for Russia talks after Putin no-show
2025-05-15 09:21:47 source：The Aljazeera
May 15, 2025
Russia and Ukraine are set to hold their first direct peace talks in three years, both countries have said, but hopes for a breakthrough remained dim after Russian President Vladimir Putin spurned an offer by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet face-to-face in Turkiye.
Zelenskyy said he was sending a team headed by his defence minister to Istanbul for the talks, even as he said that the Russian delegation did not include “anyone who actually makes decisions”, accusing Moscow of not making efforts to end the war.
Zelenskyy’s announcement on Thursday came after the Kremlin said Putin had no intention to meet with him in Turkiye, sending instead a junior delegation for the planned talks – a move that Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said was “like a slap in the face”.
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