The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, held a telephone conversation this Thursday with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in which they discussed “cooperation” in security matters in the midst of a Russian invasion of the territory.

The Ukrainian president has indicated on his Twitter account that both have discussed the situation around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the exchange of prisoners of war with Russia and the grain export agreement reached with Turkish mediation.

“We have addressed security issues, especially related to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, where there should be no invading forces, the exchange of prisoners and the development of the grain pact,” he explained before appreciating the Turkish participation in the “formula Ukraine to achieve peace”.

This same Thursday, Erdogan also spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin, to whom he expressed the need for a “unilateral ceasefire” to promote peace negotiations and end the war with Ukraine, which began almost a year ago. year.

The Kremlin, for its part, has indicated that Putin has been “open to a serious dialogue” as long as the Ukrainian government “takes into account the new territorial reality” of the country.

However, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stated that Russia refuses to negotiate with Ukraine following the “peace formula” proposed by Zelensky, which has been rejected.