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The Kremlin on Saturday said a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia's Vladimir Putin was "possible," provided the two sides first reach an "agreement," after Moscow and Kyiv held their first direct talks in more than three years. "We consider it possible, but only as a result of the work ...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday called for a “strong response” from the international community if the planned talks with Russia in Istanbul fail. “If it turns out that the Russian delegation is only there for appearances and cannot deliver any results today, then everyone must respond,” he said from Tirana. “There ...
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Ukraine and Russia plan on Friday in Istanbul to hold their first direct peace talks in more than three years. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky had travelled to Turkey but said he would not attend the talks, after his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin declined his calls for face-to-face negotiations. Tens of thousands have been killed ...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had sent a team to Istanbul for the first direct peace talks with Russia in three years, but played down expectations of a breakthrough, saying Moscow was "not serious" about ending the war. After hours of confusion, which saw both sides hurling insults at the other, and uncertainty over ...
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While Vladimir Putin declines the invitation, Volodymyr Zelensky travels to Ankara for talks with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on the eve of Ukrainian-Russian talks in Istanbul, the outcome of which remains uncertain.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky landed in Ankara on Thursday where he is to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and then decide on the next steps in anticipated peace talks with Russia. "We arrived," a senior Ukrainian official told AFP. Moscow says delegations from Russia and Ukraine are scheduled to meet in ...
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A Russian delegation landed in Istanbul on Thursday for the first direct peace talks with Ukraine in more than three years -- but without President Vladimir Putin despite many world leaders urging Russia's leader to attend. Putin was not included on a list of Moscow's negotiating team published by the Kremlin late on Wednesday, after ...
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Ukraine and Russia on Thursday hold their first direct talks since the start of Russia's 2022 invasion. President Volodymyr Zelensky had challenged his Russian counterpart to attend in person. But President Vladimir Putin was not on the Kremlin's delegation list. Here's is what is known about the talks: Who is expected to attend? Putin ...
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US President Donald Trump offered Wednesday to head to Turkey for talks on ending the Ukraine conflict, so long as his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin also showed up. The Kremlin was silent for a third day running on who would represent Moscow at the highly anticipated talks, which would be the first direct peace negotiations between Russian ...
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The Kremlin on Wednesday again declined to say who it would send to talks with Ukraine in Turkey this week, after Volodymyr Zelensky urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend personally. There are few concrete details about the planned talks, which would constitute the first direct meeting between Russian and Ukrainian officials since the ...
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday urged his US counterpart, Donald Trump, to help secure a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Turkey on Thursday, accusing the Russian leader of not seriously wanting to negotiate an end to the war. Zelensky told reporters in Kyiv that the West should impose massive sanctions if Putin skips ...
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Ukraine on Tuesday said that if Russian President Vladimir Putin skips talks in Turkey on Thursday with Volodymyr Zelensky, it would be a clear sign that Moscow does not have any intentions of halting its invasion. Zelensky has called on Putin to personally attend direct Russia-Ukraine talks that the Kremlin leader himself suggested, but Moscow ...