Putin, Ukraine and Russia
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ISTANBUL − Russia's Vladimir Putin spurned a challenge to meet face-to-face with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Turkey, instead sending a second-tier delegation to planned peace talks, while Ukraine's president said his defence minister would head up Kyiv's team.
Ukraine’s Western allies said they would strengthen sanctions if Russia refused an unconditional 30-day ceasefire.
Later on Sunday, Trump wrote via Truth Social that Putin wants to meet in Turkey with Ukraine on Thursday to negotiate "a possible end to the BLOODBATH." Global tensions are high amid ongoing ceasefire and peace talks for the Russia-Ukraine war and Trump ...