President Volodymyr Zelensky said that during the Istanbul negotiations, Russian representatives dismissed the issue of abducted Ukrainian children as a "show for childless European old ladies" and acknowledged deporting several hundred children.

US President Donald Trump is open to joining a proposed peace summit with Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Zelensky in Turkey, if both are willing to engage. Turkish President Erdogan has suggested hosting the meeting in Istanbul or Ankara.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stressed that a high-level summit would require concrete outcomes from the negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations.