EU set to mark 1st year of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Istanbul

To mark the first year of the Russia-Ukraine war, the EU plans to hold a major event in Istanbul next month, the bloc’s top representative in Ankara has said.

“We will organise quite a major event here in Istanbul after what would then be one year of the Russian war against Ukraine,” on Febraury 22, with high-level Ukrainian government officials to be invited, Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut, head of the EU Delegation to Türkiye told reporters in Istanbul.

The geopolitical and economic impact of the war will be on the agenda of the event, which will be joined by a Turkish representative as well, Meyer-Landrut said, adding that it was not yet clear who would be attending.