Putin currently has no plans to go to Istanbul talks, the Kremlin says
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 15, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 15, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Putin is not planning to attend Istanbul peace talks with Ukraine, but the Russian delegation is ready for negotiations as they await the Ukrainian team.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin currently has no plans to travel to Istanbul for peace talks with Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Thursday, but the Russian delegation is there and ready to meet the Ukrainian team.
Asked if Putin would go to Istanbul if U.S. President Donald Trump did, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia did not know yet how the negotiations would go and that the Ukrainian delegation had not yet shown up.
(Reporting by Anastasia Lyrchikova; Writing by Lucy Papachristou; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)
The article discusses Putin's current lack of plans to attend peace talks in Istanbul with Ukraine, while the Russian delegation is present.
No, Putin currently has no plans to attend the Istanbul talks.
The Russian delegation is in Istanbul and ready to meet the Ukrainian team.
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