The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine are in Turkey for face-to-face talks set for this morning, officials say, in the first high-level contact between the two sides since Moscow invaded its ex-Soviet neighbor.
Officials from Kyiv and Moscow have held several rounds of discussions in Belarus, but the meeting in the southern city of Antalya represents the first time Russia has sent a minister for talks on the crisis.
Dialogue between Kyiv and Moscow has so far yielded several local ceasefires and humanitarian corridors to evacuate residents, but Russia has been accused of breaching those agreements.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said his expectations are “limited,” as Russia continues its bombing campaign and siege of major cities.
He says the success of the talks would depend on “what instructions and directives Lavrov is under” from the Kremlin.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks in the general assembly hall on February 23, 2022, at United Nations Headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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