"Ukraine is ready to take all realistic steps to end this war," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday, as delegations from Kyiv and Moscow met in Istanbul in the first attempt at a ceasefire negotiation in a format that also includes representatives of the US and Turkey.
However, the Ukrainian president once more questioned his Russian counterpart's refusal to participate in the talks, as well as the Moscow delegation's ability to decide in his name.
