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The delegation is determined to be constructive, to search for possible solutions and common ground. The task of direct negotiations with the Ukrainian side is sooner or later to achieve long-term peace by eliminating the basic root causes of the conflict. View image in fullscreen Russia's presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky (C), head of the Russian delegation sent to Turkey for peace talks with Ukraine, addresses the media outside the Russian Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.  Photograph: Tolga Bozoğlu/EPA Share Updated at  11.42 EDT 7h ago 11.30 EDT Summary of the day so far It’s 6.30pm in Kyiv and Moscow. Here’s a recap of the latest developments: Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he is sending a team, led by his defence minister Rustem Umerov, to peace talks in Istanbul with Russia,  which would mark the first direct negotiations since the early weeks of Moscow’s full-scale invasion in 2022. Zelenskyy will not be attending the Istanbul talks himself, after  Vladimir Put...