Ukraine will send delegation to Istanbul for talks with Russia on Monday

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Picture: Markus Schreiber/AP

Ukraine will send a delegation to Istanbul for a new round of direct peace talks with Russia on Monday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, even as Russia pounded Ukraine with a missile strike that killed 12 soldiers and the biggest drone assault of the three-year war.

In a statement on Telegram, Mr Zelenskyy said that defence minister Rustem Umerov will lead the Ukrainian delegation.