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

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin is prepared to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy but all issues ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin "noted with satisfaction Turkey's assistance in hosting talks between Russian and Ukrainian representatives in Istanbul," the Kremlin reported.

Geneva, Istanbul and Budapest have been put forward as potential locations - but bilateral talks still remain a long way off.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has held a telephone conversation with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Among the key ...

The threats, pressure and ultimatums have come and gone, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has maintained Moscow’s ...

On August 18, Trump again said that Zelensky and Putin should meet as soon as possible. Lavrov may have been trying to ...

Russian ruler Vladimir Putin has announced that he is ready for a third round of negotiations with Ukraine, saying that Russia is prepared to meet in Istanbul, but the "time and place" still need ...

Russia and Ukraine agreed a prisoner swap during their third set of direct talks in Istanbul on Wednesday, but appeared to make little progress on ceasefire terms or a possible summit between ...

"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.

The Kremlin is insisting on the 2022 Istanbul format for negotiations as a way to buy time and blame Kyiv for the stalling of ...

The disheartening and frustrating fact is that Russia is in a much stronger negotiating position now than they were earlier ...