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| The negotiations in Türkiye lasted around two hours | The negotiations in Türkiye lasted around two hours |
| The talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul have ended, with the two delegations departing and press statements being prepared, a TASS source has said. | |
| Ukrainian and Russian officials have yet to issue public statements regarding the first round of talks in three years between the two nations, aimed at resolving the conflict and finding a lasting peace. | Ukrainian and Russian officials have yet to issue public statements regarding the first round of talks in three years between the two nations, aimed at resolving the conflict and finding a lasting peace. |
| An unnamed member of the Ukrainian delegation earlier told Novyny LIVE that “this is a pause, not the end — the talks may yet continue.” | |
| A source told RIA Novosti that the Russian delegation temporarily left the negotiation room to take a pause during Friday’s session. It remains unclear whether the delegation will depart Türkiye today, the source added. | |
| Talks were expected to begin on Thursday after Putin suggested resuming the Istanbul negotiations, which were broken off three years ago. | |
| The Russian team waited for its Ukrainian counterparts to arrive for an entire day. Vladimir Zelensky only named his delegation on Thursday evening. | |
| Moscow and Ukraine last held direct talks in April 2022, also in Istanbul. Following initial reports that an agreement had been reached, Kiev unilaterally withdrew from the talks. President Putin later blamed Western interference and, in particular, then-UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had reportedly urged Kiev to “just continue fighting,” for derailing the peace process. | |
| Russia, which had withdrawn its forces from the outskirts of Kiev as a goodwill gesture, later accused Ukraine of backtracking, saying it had lost trust in Ukraine’s negotiators. | |