Ukraine-Russia: Zelensky to visit Turkiye in bid to revive peace talks

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Turkiye on Wednesday in a bid to revive peace talks and resume prisoner of war exchanges with Russia.

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00:00Ukraine President Vladimir Zelensky is set to visit Turkey on Wednesday in a bid to revive

00:06peace talks with Russia. He says his team is working to resume prisoner war exchanges with

00:12Moscow, though he did not specify who he will meet during this trip.

00:18Zelensky made the remarks shortly before meeting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to discuss

00:23funding for weapons. Earlier, the Ukrainian leader signed an accord with France to acquire

00:29up to 100 fighter jets and other military hardware, including drones. Negotiations to end the war have

00:35stalled since three rounds of direct talks in Istanbul earlier this year failed to produce a

00:40breakthrough. Prisoner exchanges and the repatriation of fallen soldiers' bodies have been the only

00:46tangible results, with the last exchange taking place in early October. Last week, Kremlin spokesman

00:52Dmitry Peskov said Russia remained open to negotiations to resolve the war, but blamed

00:57Kiev and Europe for the lack of progress.