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Kremlin expects 'difficult' talks with Ukraine in Istanbul

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga (right) and Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar outside the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry before their meeting in Kyiv on July 23, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [AFP]

Russia said it expected talks with Ukraine in Istanbul later Wednesday to be "difficult", downplaying expectations of a breakthrough at a meeting between the two sides after nearly three and a half years of war.

The two sides previously met in Istanbul in May and June, but managed to agree only on exchanges of prisoners and soldiers' bodies.

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