BATTLEFORWORLD.COM | May 15, 2025: Volodymyr Zelensky has said numerous times that the Ukraine conflict has to continue, with support from the West in supplying weapons, to eventually win against Russia.

The Istanbul Talks is scheduled to begin Thursday May 15 to negotiate peace, but so far the meeting is plagued with delays as Zelensky tries his best to sour the conference. Zelensky is meeting with Erdogan for a couple hours first, before deciding on whether to meet with the Russian delegation already waiting for the Ukraine representatives.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told reporters on Thursday that "It does not depend on us. Appropriate impulses are needed from Western sponsors. Our delegation has all the instructions and is working precisely within the framework set by the president. And we are ready for a serious exchange of views".

US President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Thursday that "nothing is going to happen" on the Ukraine peace process until he and Russian President Vladimir Putin "get together." And that he knows nothing about a [Ukraine] delegation.

Trump further noted that "I am not disappointed in anything ... I know nothing about a delegation. I have not even checked. Look, nothing is going to happen until Putin and I get together. Okay? And obviously he was not going to go. He was going to go, but he thought I was going to go. He was not going if I was not there. And I do not believe anything is going to happen ... until he and I get together."

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov said at a ceremonial meeting of the Diplomatic Club, that the West does not hide the fact that a ceasefire is needed in order to prepare Kiev to resume hostilities. The English (i.e., the United States and Britain) are leading Zelensky like guides through the jungles of international politics.

The Trump administration in Washington DC is considering an option to deploy armed units from European countries on the right bank of the Dnieper River. ...

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Ukraine Istanbul Talks - reporters outside

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