By Eliza Popova
According to Zelensky, on May 15 he has a meeting with Erdogan in the Turkish capital - Ankara. The leaders will be waiting for Putin there, but if he is not ready to fly to Ankara, the meeting can be transferred to Istanbul, the Ukrainian president said. "In any case, we will do our best to make this meeting. He also added that the Ukrainian side suggested that the US President Donald Trump.
"In any case, if he confirmed his involvement, it would have had an additional impulse before Putin had arrived," the President of Ukraine said. Zelensky also expressed his conviction that Putin was afraid of negotiations with him and in fact did not want a ceasefire and end of the war. On May 11, US President Donald Trump urged Ukraine to agree with the Russian Federation in Turkey "immediately" and without a preliminary ceasefire.
Volodymyr Zelensky said on the same day that he would personally wait for Vladimir Putin in Turkey on May 15. On May 12, Donald Trump suggested that he could visit Turkey during the negotiations on May 15, if there was a meeting of Ukrainian and Russian leaders. On May 13, Presidential Head Andriy Yermak noted that if Putin does not come to Turkey for negotiations, it would be the last signal of Russia's unwillingness to end the war.
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