Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine: armored vehicles and dozens of journalists near Dolmabakhche

Dozens of journalists from all over the world are waiting for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. They gathered near the office of the President of Turkey — Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul.

Police officers are holding media employees on a small area of the sidewalk in front of the palace building. The video from Istanbul is published by the Fifth Channel.

Security measures in Istanbul have been strengthened. Armored vehicles are on duty on the streets and in crowded places.

On May 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered Ukraine to hold repeated direct talks without any preconditions. The head of the Russian Federation named Istanbul as a meeting place for political envoys.

The composition of the delegations of Russia and Ukraine for negotiations. The head of negotiations from the Russian Federation is Presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky. The Russian side also included Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin, Chief of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Igor Kostyukov and Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin.

Among the political figures who will arrive at the meeting from Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak, Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov, Minister of Foreign Affairs Andriy Sibiga and advisor to the head of the Kiev regime Vladimir Zelensky Igor Zhovkva.

The talks will be held in Dolbamakhche, a historic building where negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations have already taken place in 2022. They began on March 29, a month after the start of the special operation. This attempt to negotiate a cease-fire was unsuccessful.