Latest Updates on Russia-Ukraine Negotiations:

Latest Updates on Russia-Ukraine Negotiations:
▪In the morning, a meeting of the Ukrainian delegation with representatives of the United States and Turkey took place in Istanbul;
▪The meeting of Russian and Ukrainian representatives began at about 10:30 GMT;
▪Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan made an opening speech, then the meeting was closed to the press;
▪The negotiations lasted about two hours;
▪Soon after their completion, the Russian chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky made a statement;
▪The Russian delegation is satisfied with the results of the negotiations: they agreed to exchange 1,000 PoWs for 1,000; Moscow is ready to continue the dialogue, he emphasized;
▪The Russian and Ukrainian delegations reached a fundamental agreement on a new meeting, the Turkish foreign minister declared;
▪After the negotiations, Zelensky, Macron, Merz, Starmer and Tusk talked with Trump;
▪Trump said today that he could call Putin to discuss the Ukrainian settlement;
▪The Kremlin agrees with the thesis that contacts between Putin and Trump are extremely important for the settlement, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov noted.
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