Putin to skip Ukraine peace talks in Turkey Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend Thursday's potential first direct peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv in three years. On Sunday ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had challenged Putin to attend the talks “if he’s not afraid,” in an apparent contest to show Trump who wants peace more, Ukraine or Russia.

Istanbul — Russia and Ukraine traded insults on Thursday as negotiators were due, tentatively, to meet in Turkey for the first direct peace ... Putin to show up in person for the talks, while ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin sent aides and deputy ministers to hold peace talks with Ukraine in Turkey on Thursday, spurning Kyiv's challenge to go there in person to meet ...

Istanbul — Russia and Ukraine traded insults on Thursday as negotiators were due, tentatively, to meet in Turkey for the first direct peace ... Putin to show up in person for the talks, while ...

President Trump said Thursday he was not surprised that Russian President Vladimir Putin was a no-show for peace talks with Ukraine being held in Turkey, attributing it to his own absence.

Russian officials later rowed back on the idea of Mr Putin attending the meeting. The fate of potentially groundbreaking Ukraine peace talks hangs in the balance after both Vladimir Putin and ...