President Putin approves Russian delegation to negotiate with Ukraine

According to RIA Novosti, the Kremlin reported that President Vladimir Putin has approved the composition of the Russian delegation participating in negotiations with Ukraine.

The delegation will be led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky and will include Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin; Director of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Igor Kostyukov; Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin.

The Russian leader also approved the composition of experts. The list includes the First Deputy Director of the Information Department of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Alexander Zorin, Deputy Director of the Directorate for State Policy in the Humanitarian Field Elena Podobreevskaya, Director of the Second Department for the CIS countries of the Foreign Ministry Alexei Polischuk and Deputy Director of the Directorate for International Military Cooperation of the Russian Defense Ministry Viktor Shevtsov.

Earlier, NV Radio reported, citing sources, that the Ukrainian delegation, which will travel to Türkiye with President Volodymyr Zelensky for talks with Russia, will also include the head of his office Andrei Yermak; Deputy Director of the Presidential Office Ihor Zhovkva, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrei Sybiha.

Reuters quoted an unnamed US official as saying that US President Donald Trump will not travel to Türkiye to participate in the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Instead, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and two special envoys of President Trump, Steve Witkoff and Keith Kellogg, will go to observe the dialogue between Moscow and Kiev.