Moscow said it was sending a team of negotiators to Istanbul for a second round of direct talks with Ukraine on Monday -- though Kyiv has yet to confirm if it will attend.
“We sincerely think that it is possible to cap the first and second direct Istanbul talks with a meeting between Mr. Trump, Mr. Putin and Mr. Zelensky, under the direction of Mr. Erdogan,“ Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said during a visit to Kyiv.
“First, results must be achieved through direct negotiations between the two countries,“ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
He held talks with Putin in Moscow earlier this week.
At talks in Istanbul on May 16 -- the first in over three years -- the sides agree to swap documents outlining possible roadmaps to peace.
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Putin has repeatedly rejected those calls, despite pressure from Washington and Europe, while the Russian army has intensified its advances in eastern Ukraine.
Moscow typically uses that language to refer to a mix of sweeping demands that have at times included limiting Ukraine’s military, banning it from joining NATO, massive territorial concessions and the toppling of Zelensky.
Russia’s invasion in February 2022 triggered the biggest European conflict since World War II.
Trump has been growing increasingly frustrated at both Zelensky and Putin for not having struck a deal yet.
Despite the sides having held their first peace talks in more than three years, there has been little sign of movement towards a possible compromise agreement.
Along with its European allies, Ukraine has been ramping up pressure on Trump to hit Moscow with fresh sanctions -- a step he has so far not taken.
Russia has meanwhile been pressing its advance on the battlefield, with its forces on Friday claiming to have captured another village in the northeastern Kharkiv region.
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