Leonid PasechnikLUHANSK, Jan 31 Representatives of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic did not receive official invitations to talks with Ukraine to Istanbul, LPR head Leonid Pasechnik told RIA Novosti. Earlier, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Turkey was ready to host a meeting of the Russian Federation and Ukraine in the «Minsk» format, Ankara was ready to provide support. A source in the Turkish Foreign Ministry also said that the Turkish side plans to organize negotiations on the Minsk agreements in Istanbul with the participation of «the same players as before: Russia, Ukraine, representatives from the Donbass and the OSCE.» We have not received any official written proposals. only consultations within the contact group, again, exclusively at the initiative of the coordinator from the OSCE. At the same time, it seems to me that attention is paid to not so significant details. This is just one way to divert the negotiation process from its main essence,» Pasechnik said.< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cf363e4f9349afefcedf0e39a543c23c.jpg" />The LPR announced the arrival of Ukrainian special forces to the line of contact
