TURKEY – This’ home to updates on the direct talks between Russia and Ukraine news from Turkey. The Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, a US delegation headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a Ukrainian delegation headed by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and a Russian delegation headed by President Vladimir Putin’s advisor Vladimir Medinsky will be taking part in peace talks on Friday (today).
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Arrives in Turkey
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Istanbul on Friday morning to attend peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine as hosted by Türkiye.
At Istanbul Airport, Rubio and his delegation were received by Istanbul Consul General Julie A. Eadeh and other officials at 9.30 am (0630GMT), according to an Anadolu correspondent.
The delegation led by Rubio will attend the Türkiye–US–Ukraine trilateral meeting at 10.45 am (0745GMT) at Istanbul’s Dolmabahce Presidential Working Office.
A series of meetings in various formats is planned, including trilateral talks between the US, Ukraine, and Türkiye as well as Russia, Ukraine, and Türkiye, according to Turkish Foreign Ministry sources.
Ukrainian Peace Talks Delegation Team
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a decree forming an official delegation to participate in the peace negotiations.
Scheduled to meet with Turkish, Russian and US officials, it will be headed by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.
It will include:
- Deputy Foreign Minister Sergiy Kyslytsya
- Deputy Head of the Security Service (SBU) Oleksandr Poklad
- Deputy Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service Oleh Luhovskyi
- Deputy Chief of the General Staff Oleksii Shevchenko
- Deputy Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense Vadym Skibitskyi
- Deputy Head of the Headquarters of the Air Force Command Yevhenii Shynkarev
- Deputy Head of the Headquarters of the Naval Forces Command Oleksandr Dyakov
- Head of the Department of International and Operational Law of the Central Legal Department of the General Staff Oleksii Malovatskyi
- Senior Officer of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff Oleksandr Sherikhov
- Protocol Officer of the Support Unit of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Heorhii Kuzmychev
- Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President Oleksandr Bevz
Russian Delegation on Peace Talks
The Russian delegation will be headed by Vladimir Medinsky.
They include:
- Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin
- Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) Director Igor Kostyukov
- Russian Deputy Defense Minister Aleksandr Fomin
The Experts delegation include:
- Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Russian General Staff Aleksandr Zorin
- Deputy Director of the State Policy Department of the Russian President for the Humanitarian Field Yevgeniya Podobreyevskaya
- Director of the Second Department of the Commonwealth of Independent States Countries of the Russian Foreign Ministry Aleksandr Polishchyuk
- Deputy Director of the Main Directorate of International Military Cooperation of the Russian Ministry of Defense Vladimir Shevtsov
More to follow.