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Ukrainian defense minister: Zelenskyy-Putin meeting should follow peace talks with Russia
“I think the next step would be that the leaders level meeting should be organised and that would be our next step.”
Ukrainian defense minister: Zelenskyy-Putin meeting should follow peace talks with Russia / TRT World
May 16, 2025

Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov says Kiev sees a meeting between President Zelenskyy and President Putin as the next step after peace talks in Istanbul, where the focus was on securing the release of prisoners of war and reaching a ceasefire.

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