State-run Tass reports that the Russian delegation is set to make a press statement in Istanbul 'soon' (no time yet), while a Tass source says that 'The chance for the start of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul remains.' While delegations from Russia and Ukraine are still in Istanbul, talks that were due to start this morning have yet to get underway, with uncertainty regarding the low ranking of the Russian delegation and Ukraine's willingness to meet with these officials (President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called them 'stand-in props') raising the prospect that talks do not even begin.
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