(13 May 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kyiv, Ukraine – 13 May 2025
1. Wide of Zelenskyy entering
2. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine:
"We spoke with President Erdoğan, and I will have a meeting with him in the capital of Turkey — that is Ankara. It will take place on Thursday May the 15th. We will be waiting for a meeting with Putin in Turkey, so that Russia does not manipulate the cities and say that Putin is not ready to fly to Ankara but only willing to fly to Istanbul — I want to state right away that if Putin flies to Istanbul instead of the capital, I have already sent a signal to the president, and the Turkish side is ready, that President Erdoğan and I will fly to Istanbul. That is, in any case, we will do everything to make this meeting happen. If Putin is truly ready — not just in the media but in real life — to meet. And then, at the level of leaders, we will do everything to agree on a ceasefire, because it is with him that I must negotiate a ceasefire, as only he can decide on it. We have invited President Trump to join. I do not know the decision of the President of the United States of America, but in any case, if he were to confirm his participation, I believe it would give an additional push for Putin to fly in."
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STORYLINE:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that he will be waiting for Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the Turkish capital this week to conduct face-to-face talks about the more than three-year war amid heavy pressure from the U.S. and European leaders to reach a settlement.
Putin hasn’t yet said whether he will be at the talks, which U.S. President Donald Trump has urged the two sides to attend as part of Washington’s efforts to stop the fighting.
Zelenskyy told reporters in Kyiv that he will be in Ankara on Thursday to conduct the negotiations. He will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the two will wait for Putin to arrive, he said.
Zelenskyy said he would “do everything to agree on a ceasefire, because it is with (Putin) that I must negotiate a ceasefire, as only he can decide on it.”
Zelenskyy said that if Putin chooses Istanbul to hold the meeting, then both leaders will travel there from Ankara.
Trump has been invited to the talks, because "it would give an additional push for Putin to fly in,” but Trump hasn’t confirmed his presence, Zelenskyy said.
The American president will still be on his four-day Middle East trip on Thursday.
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