RT News - May 15 2025 (09:00 MSK)

Russia's delegation has touched down in Istanbul. The negotiating team will be led by the same presidential aide who oversaw the abandoned talks of 2022. Kiev complains the Russian representatives aren't important enough. It's being billed as a real chance at peace for the first time in years, but for those living under constant Ukrainian shelling - a deal with Kiev still appears a distant prospect. Sanctioned for doing their job. Kiev bans two Indian journalists - who reported from Russian-controlled areas of Donbass - from entering Ukraine. The Zelensky government considers their coverage propaganda for Moscow.