- ANKARA, TÜRKİYE - JULY 23, 2025: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received the head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office Andriy Yermak at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on Wednesday, July 23.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday said he instructed Yermak to form Kyiv’s delegation for the next Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Istanbul.

A third round of renewed Russia-Ukraine peace talks facilitated by Türkiye is set to begin in Istanbul on Wednesday evening.

The trilateral meeting involving delegations from Türkiye, Russia, and Ukraine is scheduled to commence at around 7 p.m. local time (1600GMT) at the Ciragan Palace, according to Turkish diplomatic sources.

The meeting will be chaired by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, and is expected to bring together senior officials from all three countries.

Türkiye’s National Intelligence Organization chief Ibrahim Kalin and Chief of the Turkish General Staff Gen. Metin Gurak are also expected to attend.

The upcoming meeting marks the latest in renewed negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv in the Turkish metropolis.

The first two rounds were held on May 16 and June 2. In the talks, which also took place at the Ciragan Palace, both sides agreed to exchange additional prisoners of war -- prioritizing the youngest and most severely wounded -- and to return the bodies of 6,000 soldiers from each side.

Moscow and Kyiv also exchange memoranda outlining their vision to bring an end to the conflict that has continued since February 2022.

Russia's delegation will be led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, while Rustem Umerov, the head of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, will head Kyiv's delegation.