A low-ranking Russian delegation arrived in Istanbul for peace talks with Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday, while a Ukrainian delegation led by President Volodymyr Zelensky and including other senior government figures landed in the Turkish capital Ankara.

Ukraine’s president said Kyiv will consider its next steps after a meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "We all know who makes decisions in Russia," Zelenskyy added. View on eur

The Kremlin confirmed Thursday that Russia's President Putin would skip Moscow's first direct peace negotiations with Ukraine that Putin himself had suggested.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Ankara for talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The US has approved a $304 million missile sale to Turkey, aiming to bolster trade and defense ties between the NATO allies.

MUSTAFA KUTLAY is a Senior Lecturer at City St George’s, University of London, a Senior Scholar at Istanbul Policy Center, and a co-author, with Mina Toksoz and William Hale, of Industrial Policy in Turkey: Rise, Retreat and Return.

President Volodymyr Zelensky considers his arrival in Turkey to be a “clear message” for Russian President Vladimir Putin. — Ukrinform.

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