Expectations of a breakthrough are low.
The Kremlin has not explicitly confirmed it will attend on Wednesday, but cautioned earlier not to expect any “miraculous breakthroughs” if it does.
Russia has called on Ukraine to effectively retreat from the four Ukrainian regions it claims to have annexed in September 2022, a demand Kyiv has called unacceptable.
Russia’s full-scale invasion, launched in February 2022, has ravaged parts of eastern and southern Ukraine and resulted in tens of thousands of military and civilian deaths.
Moscow has said that “a lot of work” is needed before even discussions can take place about possible talks between Putin and Zelensky, who last met in 2019.
Ukraine said former defence minister and current security council secretary Rustem Umerov would head its delegation.
Medinsky, who led the two previous rounds of negotiation, is not seen as a powerful decision maker and has been described by Ukraine as a puppet.
They also exchanged their draft terms for ending the conflict, which the Kremlin said were “diametrically opposed”.
Russia has intensified its bombardment of Ukrainian cities in recent weeks and claimed advances across several different areas of the front line.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month called on both sides not to “shut the door” on dialogue. - AFP
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