Negotiations in Istanbul on May 15: Zelensky stated that Putin had sent a "delegation" delegation

At the airport, Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented on his expectations of negotiations in Istanbul. He noted that the Ukrainian delegation consists of representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Presidential Office of Ukraine, the military, as well as representatives of "all" intelligence. He confirmed that he would first meet with President Erdogan and "in contact" with an American delegation.

"The level of Russian is still officially unknown, but from what we see - it is more like a Butaphor. We will think what we will do, what our steps will be after talking to President Erdogan . . . We have to understand that for the level of the Russian delegation and what they have a mandate. The President of Ukraine also noted that he immediately communicates with journalists after the meeting with Erdogan ended.

On the evening of May 14, the Kremlin published the names of those who will participate in negotiations on peace in Istanbul on the Russian side. After a few days of speculation on the topic "Whether he will, whether" Vladimir Putin will not be on the list. The delegation includes "Assistant, Diplomat and Spy", joked in the media: Vladimir Medinsky, Kremlin assistant. Born in Soviet Ukraine, Medinsky helped to conduct peace talks in 2022, which eventually failed.

Medinsky has developed a new history textbook for schools that reflects Putin's view of history. Mikhail Guerinin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. He oversees relations with the Commonwealth of Independent States - an association of former Soviet republics. He has been educated at the Institute of Asia and Africa at the MSU, speak Japanese and English freely. Igor Kostyukov, Director of Russian Military Intelligence, known as the game. Kostyukov was the first Navy officer to head the game.

Oleksandr Fomin, Deputy Minister of Defense. He also participated in negotiations on Ukraine in 2022. Several high -ranking US officials are also in Turkey. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in the coastal city of Antalya on Wednesday. He participates in an informal meeting of NATO foreign ministers.

Special Representative of Trump in Ukraine Kit Kellog and his Foreign Affairs Messenger Witcoff plan to arrive in Istanbul to participate in the negotiations, a high -ranking representative of the Trump administration said on Tuesday. We will remind, Roszma was misleading journalists, when they stated that the meeting of the Ukrainian delegation and managing from the Russian Federation will take place at 10 am. The Ukrainian side stated that it was a fake, as did Turkish representatives.