ANKARA, March 5. /TASS/. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expects to hold telephone talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on March 6.

"This war must be stopped immediately, it is necessary to sit down at the negotiating table. Our president is conducting very intensive diplomacy. Our president will have talks with Putin tomorrow," Turkish Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on the air of the N-TV channel on Saturday.

According to Kalin, Erdogan intends to once again propose Turkey as a platform for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine during the upcoming talks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24 launched a special military operation in Ukraine following a request for assistance from the leaders of the Donbass republics. He said Moscow had no plans for an occupation of Ukrainian territories. The sole purpose is the country’s demilitarization and denazification.

After that the US, the EU, the UK and a number of other states announced that they would impose sanctions against Russian legal entities and individuals.