OREANDA-NEWS Direct talks on Ukraine in Istanbul will take place at the Turkish president's office, as they did three years ago, TASS and RIA Novosti reported, citing sources familiar with the organization of the meeting. TASS clarifies that we are talking about the Dolmabahce Palace — it was there that the delegation negotiated in 2022.

According to TASS, the meeting is scheduled to begin at 10:00 Moscow time. They will be held in a closed-to-the-press mode.


The plane of the Special Flight Detachment "Russia", which transports the Russian leadership, landed in Istanbul on the night of May 15, according to the Flightradar24 service. The aviation services told Interfax that the Russian delegation arrived at Ataturk Airport in the early morning.