Turkey is ready to host talks on a ceasefire and permanent peace between Russia and Ukraine, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in a phone call on Sunday, Erdogan’s office said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin early on Sunday proposed direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul aimed at ending the war, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv was willing to talk but Moscow must first agree
