Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Turkiye to host Russia-Ukraine peace talks on Wednesday

Russia and Ukraine will hold fresh peace talks in the Turkish capital of Istanbul on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

 

"Today, I discussed with [Ukrainian Security Council chief Rustem Umerov the preparations for a prisoner exchange and another meeting in Turkey with the Russian side... Umerov reported that the meeting is scheduled for Wednesday," Zelensky was quoted as saying by the BBC during his daily address on Monday.

 

Zelensky proposed fresh talks at the weekend.

 

Meanwhile, Russian attacks on Monday in two areas of Ukraine's border Sumy region, where Moscow's troops have gained a foothold in recent months, have injured 14 people.

 

The military administration of Sumy region, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said drone strikes in the town of Putyvl, just inside the border, injured 11 people and damaged civilian infrastructure. To the southeast, the mayor of the city of Sumy, Artem Kobzar, said a guided bomb attack had injured three people and damaged a multi-storey apartment block, smashing windows and balconies .Sumy region was used by Ukrainian forces as a springboard in a large incursion nearly a year ago into Russia's Kursk region. The Kremlin says Ukrainian forces have been ejected from the Russian region, and President Vladimir Putin said Moscow planned to establish a buffer zone in the area.

World