New round of Ukraine-Russia peace talks to be held in Türkiye on Wednesday

The third round of talks between Russia and Ukraine will be held on July 24, a source told TASS, Report informs.

"The meeting is scheduled for July 24. The delegations may arrive in Istanbul on July 23," the source said.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said earlier that the next meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations will take place in Türkiye on July 23.

In his video address posted on his Telegram channel, Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the proposal to hold a new round of negotiations this week had been made to the Russian side by the head of Ukraine’s delegation in Istanbul, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Rustem Umerov.

The Russian delegation to the talks will be led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky. It will include Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin, chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Igor Kostyukov, and Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin.