Putin to skip Russia-Ukraine talks in Turkey
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Two very different meetings are expected to take place today in two distant Turkish cities, both aimed at ending
President Donald Trump has repeatedly floated the possibility of scrapping his Middle East travel schedule and adding a stop to personally mediate Ukraine-Russia peace talks in Turkey.
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Russia-Ukraine talks upend European push for U.S. sanctions on MoscowThe talks in Istanbul complicated a European push for the U.S. to pressure Russia an into a ceasefire in Ukraine, even as questions persist on who is attending.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet him in Turkey on Thursday. A US media outlet has reported that a Russian delegation set to visit the country will likely be led by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and an aide to Putin.
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan has probably never held more global sway: he will host the first direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks in three years on Thursday, days after his country's militant nemesis, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), dissolved.