PUTIN AND ZELENSKYY FACE TO FACE! The Russian president has revealed what the whole world expects!

Russian President Vladimir Putin told the President of the European Council Charles Michel that he would hold direct talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy only if the ongoing talks between the two countries bring concrete results, the Kremlin said.

Putin told Michel that Kyiv shows that it is not ready to look for mutually acceptable solutions, Reuters reported.

Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pointed out that he planned to talk to Putin and Zelenskyy about negotiations. He pointed out that he hoped that the phone conversations with the two presidents could lead to their meeting in Turkey in order to end the war in Ukraine.

- With the phone converastions, we plan to raise the process in Istanbul to the presidential level - Erdoğan stated.

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