INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian officials will take part in direct negotiations with Ukraine in Turkey this week, but Moscow cannot yet disclose who it will send to
Zelensky has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to personally meet with him in Istanbul during the talks, but the Kremlin has so far
refused to say whether the Russian leader is ready for a face-to-face meeting with Zelensky.Putin proposed the negotiations as a
invasion of Ukraine.The two sides last held direct talks in Istanbul in March 2022, which produced a draft peace proposal that would have
required Kyiv to adopt a position of neutrality and forgo NATO membership
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