Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stated that he will work to organise a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin. Source: Erdoğan at a ...

On August 18, Trump again said that Zelensky and Putin should meet as soon as possible. Lavrov may have been trying to portray the Kremlin's offer to continue the Istanbul Summit talks and working groups as a fulfillment of Putin's rumored promise to Trump to hold a bilateral meeting with Zelensky.

EADaily, August 19th, 2025. Russia and Ukraine is likely to continue direct negotiations in Istanbul, at which the status of representatives of the parties may be increased.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump on May 19, the Kremlin said, confirming the plan announced by Trump over the weekend. Kremlin spokesperson ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has held a telephone conversation with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Among the key topics are the summit in Alaska, as well as negotiations in Istanbul. This is reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to the Kremlin press service.

"This week, by holding talks with Putin and Trump, we will strive to see if we can bring these leaders together in Istanbul," Erdogan said, according to the Turkish Communications Directorate.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday renewed his offer to meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, but hopes of progress were low as delegations prepared to hold another round of talks.

The traditionally Russian-speaking area is at the heart of what the Russian president calls the “root causes” of the war, and taking it over is near the top of his list of territorial and political demands.