Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday he had the impression Russia sent a “dummy” delegation with an unclear mandate to Turkey for the first direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv in over three years.
“We need to understand the level of the Russian delegation and what their mandate is, if they are capable of making any decisions themselves,” Zelensky said, adding that “from what we see, it looks more like a dummy”.
He added that Ukraine would “think about what we will do, what our steps will be, after we talk to (Turkish President Recep Tayyip) Erdogan”.