Vladimir Putin in the negotiations of Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul will not participate

No— quotes Peskov’s answer RIA Novosti.

Russian President Vladimir Putin previously invited Ukraine to resume Direct negotiations Without preliminary conditions in Istanbul. Date — May 15. The head of state did not exclude that during the relevant negotiations, the parties will be able to reach an agreement on a ceasefire.

On Thursday morning, the delegation of the Russian Federation arrived in Turkey. Its composition is president Approved The day before, at the head of the delegation is the assistant to the president Vladimir Medinsky. It also includes the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mikhail Galuzin, chief of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Igor Kostyukov, Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin.

As experts for negotiations with Ukraine, the first deputy chief of the information department of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, Alexander Zorin, the deputy chief of the President of the Russian Federation in the state policy in the humanitarian sphere Elena Skureevskaya, the director of the Second Department of the CIS countries of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Alexei Polishchuk and the deputy head of the Main Directorate of the International Military Cooperation of the Ministry of Defense of Russia Viktor Shevtsov.

source: RIA Novosti Crimea