ANKARA (Reuters) – Ukrainian and Russian negotiators will begin peace talks in Istanbul later on Monday, a senior Turkish official said, without elaborating.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed in a telephone call on Sunday for Istanbul to host the talks, which Ankara hopes will lead to a ceasefire.
(Reporting by Orhan Coskun; Writing by Tuvan Gumrukcu; editing by John Stonestreet)
