Overview
- Ukraine’s foreign minister said Tuesday that Kyiv asked Turkey and other capitals to host a face-to-face meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin.
- Kyiv said it would accept any neutral site except Belarus or Russia and asked for international mediation and a clear step to de-escalate before any summit.
- The Kremlin’s spokesman said Putin is ready to meet in Moscow at any time but only to finalize agreements, and he cast doubt on Ukraine’s political will to compromise.
- Turkey has not publicly confirmed it will host, and reporting also notes Hungary’s possible interest in mediating, leaving the push active but talks still stuck.
- Belarus backed Russia’s 2022 invasion by providing staging ground, which explains Kyiv’s venue red lines and why any agreed location could shape the tone and trust in negotiations.