Ukraine seeks Turkish help for release of prisoners from Russia

Ukraine’s foreign minister said on Thursday that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has sought his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s help for the release of Ukrainian citizens detained by Russia.

Speaking at a news conference, Dmytro Kuleba recalled that Zelenskyy and Erdoğan held one-on-one and delegation-level talks in New York, where they attended the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Kuleba said that during the meeting, Zelenskyy handed Erdoğan a list of 450 Ukrainian detainees, including Nariman Dzhelyal, the deputy head of the Crimean Tatar National Assembly.