Türkiye’s top diplomat said on Thursday they had hopes that talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations that are set to begin in Istanbul may open

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Wednesday he would try to urge Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend possible peace talks this week with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, amid suspense over whether Putin would take part in the proposed meeting in Turkey.

Putin speaks with heads of Russian military and intelligence services before sending delegation for peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul - Anadolu Ajansı

As he heads to Turkey for negotiations, Zelensky is betting that Trump will soon realize that Russia does not want to make peace.

The first direct talks between Kyiv and Moscow to end the war in Ukraine are set to take place in Istanbul on Thursday but Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr

Vladimir Medinsky, former Minister of Culture of Russia and assistant to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, will head the Russian delegation at the peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul.

The most likely scenario for the development of events in Istanbul on May 15 is the one in which the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, will appear there alone and record a video. This is reported by The Guardian.