Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on November 1 that he was willing to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin face to face in Turkey and asked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to use his communication channel with Putin to facilitate direct talks. According to Sina Finance, Zelensky said delegations and technical working groups could not decide some issues, and that the two countries’ leaders could address them through direct dialogue. He supports Turkey as the meeting venue and wants to speak directly with Putin, whom he said holds final decision-making authority on the matters.