Already on Thursday, May 15, in Türkiye, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin may meet in person for the first time since 2019. The United States wants to join the negotiations as well. However, Moscow has yet to confirm whether the Kremlin leader himself will attend.

Vladimir Putin will not travel to Turkey and is instead sending the deputy foreign affairs and defence ministers, the head of his military intelligence, and the presidential aide, who will lead the delegation,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated he does not believe that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin would come to Istanbul for direct negotiations with him, although he does not completely rule out the possibility.