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Neither Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky or Russian President Vladimir Putin are attending peace talks in Istanbul after days of confusion. In a meeting in Albania, Zelensky said Putin was “afraid” to come to Turkey for talks and that Russian delegation in Istanbul is of a “very low level.
Vladimir Putin rejected calls to join direct talks with Ukraine's leader in Turkey, seemingly unphased by mounting pressure from Trump to strike a peace deal.
Trump said he wants a face-to-face meeting with his Russian counterpart as soon as possible, after insisting that Ukraine peace talks would not progress without that.
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Russia's Vladimir Putin spurned a challenge to meet face-to-face with Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Turkey on Thursday, instead sending a second-tier delegation to planned peace talks, while Ukraine's president said his defence minister would head up Kyiv's team.
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky raised the stakes ahead of a potential meeting with Vladimir Putin in Turkey by saying he wouldn’t hold talks with any Russian representative other than the president himself.
The Ukrainian president was waiting for Putin in the Turkish capital Ankara after challenging Putin to face-to-face discussions.
By Tom Balmforth and Vladimir Soldatkin ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a second-tier team of negotiators to hold peace talks with Ukraine in Turkey on Thursday, spurning Kyiv's challenge to go there in person to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
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Daily Express US on MSNEU president Von der Leyen says Putin 'does not want peace' after absence in TurkeyVladimir Putin was absent from peace talks with Ukraine in Turkey on Thursday and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had something to say on it.