Putin spurns Zelenskyy meeting
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Daily Express US on MSNVladimir Putin is 'dead man walking' as expert explains peace talk no-showSpeculation is mounting that Russian leader Vladimir Putin's grip on power may be slipping, with experts predicting his reign could end in assassination due to the calamitous conflict in Ukraine.The septuagenarian autocrat has reportedly tightened security protocols and become rarely seen outside the confines of his Kremlin sanctuary,
Russian officials mocked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after Russian President Vladimir Putin ignored his demand of a face-to-face meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, where the first direct Russia-Ukraine talks in more than three years are due to take place.
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"The problem is getting Putin and Zelensky in the same room"Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, stated that he hoped a peace summit where President Zelensky and Putin would meet in person to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine would take place soon. In an interview for Breitbart News,
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Daily Express US on MSNVladimir Putin given hours-long ultimatum as he is told 'clock is ticking'Vladimir Putin has until midnight to agree to a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine or leading European states, including the UK, will impose new sanctions against Russia, the German government's spokesman has said.
It was a proposal that the Kremlin could neither outright reject nor accept, intended to force it into an awkward choice, revealing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s true appetite for his brutal war of choice. Europe’s leaders have grasped the nettle ...
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RBC Ukraine on MSN'I'm here. This is a very clear message,' Zelenskyy addresses PutinPresident Volodymyr Zelenskyy states that his arrival in Türkiye is already a message to Russian president Vladimir Putin, according to Sky News. Journalists asked Zelenskyy whether he had a message for Putin.
Putin’s decision not to attend personally has now led to a war of words between the two opposing administrations. The BBC has reported that Zelensky has described the Russian delegation to Istanbul as “stand-in props”, and that “ Russia has unfortunately sent a rather low level delegation with an unclear mandate”.
For days, President Donald Trump repeatedly floated the possibility of scrapping his Middle East travel schedule — one his team meticulously crafted for weeks — and adding a stop to personally mediate Ukraine-Russia peace talks in Turkey.