The head of the presidential office of Ukraine, Andrei Yermak, has affirmed that if the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, refuses to negotiate in Türkiye, this will indicate that Russia does not want to end the war.
“I think that if Vladimir Putin refuses to come to Turkey, it will be the definitive sign that Russia does not want to end this war, that Russia does not want or is prepared for any negotiation,” he said in the session of the Democratic Summit of Copenhagen 2025, according to the media .
Yermak recalled that on May 12 there was also a “very strong and clear” statement of the US president, Donald Trump, that he expected both leaders to be present in Türkiye.
The OP OP believes that if Russia refuses to negotiate, there should be an energetic reaction from the United States and the entire world. In particular, new sanctions against the Russian Federation and an increase in military aid to Ukraine.
Yermak has also added that work is continued to create security guarantees for Ukraine. “But the most serious and solid guarantee is strong, prepared and trained Ukraine forces. We are working on it with our partners. We also hope that the mineral agreement with the United States becomes one of the elements of the future security guarantees system,” he said.
The Kremlin confirms that a Russian delegation will travel
The Kremlin has confirmed on Wednesday that a Russian delegation, whose members has not revealed, will travel to Istanbul to participate tomorrow, Thursday, in negotiations with Ukraine in order to find a solution to the conflict.
“The Russian delegation will wait for the Ukrainian delegation in Istanbul,” said Dmitri Peskov, presidential spokesman, at his daily telephone press conference, in which he has stressed that “the president’s proposal is still standing”, Vladimir Putin, to resume conversations with kyiv.
As for the members of the Russian delegation, he affirmed that “nothing has changed” and their names will be known once the “corresponding instructions” Putin “are taught. “So far, there has been no instruction in this regard,” he said.
The Russian president proposed kyiv on Sunday to celebrate peace negotiations on May 15 in Istanbul, where the last conversations between both sides took place in 2022. Although Putin did not accept the European proposal for a 30 -day truce, the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, was willing to travel to the Turkish city to meet with his Russian counterpart.
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