Ukraine team, but not Zelensky will hold talks with Russia: Kyiv official

Ukrainian delegation will meet Russian negotiators in Istanbul later Thursday for the first direct peace talks in more than three years, a senior Ukrainian official told AFP.

President Volodymyr Zelensky himself will not travel to Istanbul and is "currently deciding" who to send, the official told AFP.

Also, talks between Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan ended after the Ukrainian leader left the venue.

"The meeting with Erdogan has ended," Zelensky's spokesperson Sergiy Nykyforov said.