Russian President Vladimir Putin is not one of the names listed by Kremlin, who is going to attend the peace talks about the Ukrainian War in Istanbul on Thursday, and in spite of the phone of the Bolly Mirensky in Ukraine.
According to the Kremlin statement, the Russian delegation will be led by President Vladimir Medinsky.
Zelensky said he would attend the talks and meet Putin in person if the Russian president agreed, and said he would do everything that could be held.
According to media reports, US President Donald Trump will not attend.
Zelensky will be in the Turkish capital Ankara to meet President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday.
He said he would talk directly with Russia in Istanbul, but he would only attend Putin.
“I’m waiting for who will come from Russia, and I will decide what actions Ukraine should take. So far, the media signal is not convincing,” he said at the night video address of Wednesday.
Putin and Jellen Ski have not been met since December 2019. Russia and Ukraine began negotiations in Istanbul shortly after Moscow began full -scale invasion of neighbors in Istanbul in March 2022.
Since then, the fight has become intense in Ukraine. The Russian military has slowly expanded the amount of territory in the east of Ukraine over the past year.
On Sunday, President Putin called for a direct dialogue between Russia and Ukraine in Türkiye’s largest cities. Zelensky announced that he would go directly and expect Russian President to travel.
Putin’s proposal for direct dialogue in Istanbul demanded a 30 -day truce of Western power after European leaders met on Saturday Civ.
After Trump demanded Ukraine to accept this proposal on Sunday, Zelen Ski said he would travel there.
Zelensky said in a social media post, “It doesn’t mean to extend murder, and I will wait for Putin on Türkiye on Thursday.”
Wednesday, Trump reminded me of the possibility of joining the meeting if there was President Putin.
The US president in Qatar told reporters that his Russian partner did not know if he would attend “without me.”
Trump said, “I know he wants to be there, and there is a possibility. If we end the war, I will think about it.”
The United States is expected to send a high -level delegation to dialogue.
Marco Rubio, the chief diplomat of the country, will arrive in Türkiye on Wednesday and meet NATO Foreign Minister on Thursday.
Ahead of the meeting, Andrii Sybiha in Ukraine said he met Rubio on Wednesday evening. SYBIHA reaffirmed Ukraine’s promise to Ukraine’s peaceful efforts and demanded Russia to “reward Ukraine’s constructive stage.”
Rubio plans to travel to Istanbul on Friday, and the State Department said it will attend a dialogue with the other party to discuss the Ukrainian war.
Rubio, who arrived at his hotel in Antalya on Wednesday, did not answer when President Putin asked if Putin came to Türkiye.
After returning to the White House, President Trump tried to broker the armistice between Russia and Ukraine.
In February, he ended up with Russian leaders’ Western boycotts by talking to President Putin by phone, and his envoy Steve Weekov met Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Trump previously said Russia and Ukraine were “very close to transactions.”
When Putin suggested a direct conversation, Trump posted on his truth social platform: “It’s a potentially good day for Russia and Ukraine!”
