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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.
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for more than two hours Monday, after the White House said the U.S. leader has grown ''frustrated" with the war in Ukraine. Trump planned a separate call with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy in hopes of making progress toward a ceasefire.
European leaders took heart when President Donald Trump called for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine and threatened new sanctions on Russia. A phone call with Vladimir Putin on Monday revealed those hopes were misplaced.
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.
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The Ukrainian president was waiting for Putin in the Turkish capital Ankara after challenging Putin to face-to-face discussions.
Ministers from NATO states slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin for not personally attending cease-fire talks in Turkey.
Russia and Ukraine are set to hold their first direct peace talks in three years, both countries said Thursday, but hopes for a breakthrough remained dim after Russian President Vladimir Putin spurned an offer by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet face-to-face in Turkey.
President Trump opened his week with high-stakes phone calls on the war in Ukraine. Trump first spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, before calling Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday morning.