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Turkey is ready, in principle, to act as a guarantor country for Ukraine, but the details of such a format need to be worked out, President Tayyip Erdogan was cited as saying on Thursday, adding Moscow's decision to scale back some of its operations near Kyiv and Chernihiv was "truly…

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, who is sanctioned by European nations over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, was part of Russia's delegation at peace negotiations in Istanbul this week, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was cited as saying on Thursday.

Turkey has played a major role in the search for an end to the Ukraine war as the host for this week’s talks between Moscow and Kyiv – the product of an ambivalent stance experts say is largely rooted in the troubled Turkish economy’s deep links to both countries.

The Nato member that arms Ukraine and will not impose sanctions on Russia seems respected enough by both sides to host talks

After more than a month of fighting, a fresh round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine has begun in Istanbul in the hope that progress can be made. Following weeks of fruitless talks in Belarus, negotiations were hosted by the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who made a short opening…

The Russian billionaire’s role in negotiations surprised some, but observers say Abramovich is a skilled middleman.

As Turkey struggles economically, the government has decided to resurrect its ‘zero problems with neighbours’ policy.

Politicians from the warring countries descended on Istabul’s Dolmabahçe Palace for another round of negotiations

They say his assistance makes the alleged poisoning attack on him even more “abhorent” if it happened

Russia says it will ‘fundamentally cut back military activity’ around Kyiv and Chernihiv after Ukraine talks.

Moscow’s pledge has been met with scepticism and caution from powers such as the US and UK