15.05.2025 17:11
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who came to Turkey for ceasefire talks with Russia, has made a new statement. Meeting with President Erdoğan in Ankara, Zelensky said, "We have sent our delegation to Istanbul for the ceasefire. We will be constructive in the negotiations."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who came to Turkey for ceasefire talks with Russia, made a new statement. Zelensky said, "We sent our delegation to Istanbul for the ceasefire."
RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR AND NEGOTIATIONS
In the war that erupted with Russia's attack on Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia in Ukraine were largely annexed.
With the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014, Ukraine lost control over approximately one-fifth of its territory.
While the United States and European countries provided extensive economic and military aid to Ukraine, they imposed heavy sanctions on Russia, which annexed a large area.
After the talks in Belarus, the foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine met on March 10, 2022, at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum.
Turkey also brought the parties together in Istanbul on March 29, 2022.
The agreement reached during the Istanbul negotiations was disrupted by allegations of civilian deaths in the city of Bucha, while claims emerged that the UK and the US opposed the agreement.
Despite the escalation of the war, Turkey continued its efforts for peace and, with the support of the United Nations (UN), brought the parties together again that year, facilitating the signing of the Black Sea Grain Initiative Agreement, which resonated widely around the world.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, one of the rare leaders who can communicate with both sides, continued to offer hosting and mediation for peace talks, and diplomacy gained momentum again with the election of Donald Trump as president in the US.
On May 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed the unconditional resumption of direct negotiations, which had been cut off three years ago, on May 15 in Istanbul, requesting President Erdoğan to host.
The Ukrainian administration responded positively to this, and the international community welcomed the agenda of the Istanbul peace talks.
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