UKRAINE: Zelenskyy-If Ceasefire Can Be Agreed Today Putin Meeting Can Be Skipped

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, speaking in Ankara following a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, says that 'If a ceasefire could be reached today at a technical level, [then] meeting with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin can be skipped.' Zelenskyy urges stronger pressure to be applied on Moscow if Russia does not demonstrate willingness for talks. 

• Says that Ukraine, Russia, the US and Turkey are set to take part in talks, and that he is sending his Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, claiming that "there's nothing for me to do" at the Istanbul talks as he has given Umerov the mandate to discuss a ceasefire. Says that he does not know about timings of the talks, and that info will come from the US and Turkey.
• At the start of his statement, Zelenskyy said he had a 'good discussion' with Erdogan. Zelenskyy: 'We see that Russians are not serious about peace talks'.
• Tass reports that the head of Russia’s delegation to Istanbul Vladimir Medinsky will make a statement to the press around the bottom of the hour.