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Zelensky changes composition of Ukraine’s delegation to Istanbul talks

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President

01 June 2025 20:50 (UTC +04:00)

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has introduced changes in the Ukrainian delegation to the second round of talks with Russian due to be held on June 2 in Istanbul, according to a relevant decree posted on his website, APA reports.

Thus, this time Head of the Department of Intergovernmental Relations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Alexey Malovatsky will not go to Istanbul. The delegation will include three new members, namely Yury Kovbasa, an envoy of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) human rights ombudsperson in the system of defense and security sector bodies, Yevgeny Ostryansky, a Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and Andrey Fomin, chief of the international law department and deputy chief of the international and operational law directorate of the Ukrainian General Staff’s Central Legal Directorate.

Other members of the delegation will remain the same. The delegation will be led by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.