Bloomberg: Zelensky seeks American pressure on Russia to resume negotiations

According to Isna, informed sources announced on Tuesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will travel to Turkey on Wednesday to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and US Presidential Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.

“Bloomberg” News media reported, quoting people in the know: “Türkiye played the role of mediator in this conflict and hosted previous talks between Ukraine and Russia.” “Also, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will probably personally convey the outcome of the negotiations to Moscow, which will not send anyone to this meeting, of course, if there is a positive result, including the exchange of prisoners.”

“We are preparing to revive negotiations and have developed solutions that we will offer to our partners,” Zelenskiy said earlier on social networks. “Doing anything that brings us closer to the end of the war is Ukraine’s top priority.”

Bloomberg continued this report: “US President Donald Trump has recently sought to put pressure on the Kremlin, and last month he imposed his first major sanctions against Moscow, targeting Russia’s two largest oil producers. Thus, the president of Ukraine wants to use the increasing pressure of the United States on Russia to revive stalled diplomatic efforts to end the war.

Meanwhile, in line with America’s hostile actions against Russia, Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator from the state of South Carolina, wrote on the X social network on Monday evening: “I am very pleased that with the support of President Donald Trump, the United States Congress will pass the Russia sanctions bill, which is overwhelmingly bipartisan.”

“This bill gives President Trump more tools to end the bloodbath in Ukraine,” the hawkish US senator claimed.

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