Kremlin currently prefers not to disclose whether Putin will be in Istanbul on May 15

The Kremlin indicated that he would send a delegation to Turkey this Thursday, without specifying the members or confirming the presence of the Russian president. ...

The Kremlin maintains the mystery about the composition of the delegation that will be going to Turkey on Thursday. A Ukrainian official anonymously reminded the AFP that "President Zelensky had made this proposal as early as Sunday".

In the midst of an almost unprecedented global expectation and a few hours before Istanbul, the meeting with Russian and Ukrainian representatives that President Vladimir Putin offered in the early hours of last Sunday, the Kremlin maintains that the meeting is still standing and that there will certainly come a Russian delegation to negotiate a possible ceasefire agreement with Ukraine, but it does not reveal who makes up that group of Russian …

Kremlin currently prefers not to disclose whether Putin will be in Istanbul on May 15

The Kremlin is not talking about Vladimir Putin’s plans to travel to Istanbul for talks with Ukraine on May 15.

Kiev, the absence of Putin in Istanbul would be a definitive signal (ANSA)

On Thursday, a summit could take place in Istanbul between Selenskyy and Putin. The question is: Is the Russian President really coming?