Putin not attending peace talks in Turkey
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Who is Russian President Vladimir Putin sending to the peace talks with Ukraine that the Kremlin chief himself proposed?
A meeting between Mr. Putin and Mr. Zelensky would have been the first between the two men since before Russia invaded Ukraine three years ago, launching a war that by conservative estimates has resulted in well over one million dead and injured soldiers on both sides.
The Russia's delegation will be led by Vladimir Medinsky, a senior advisor to President Putin, Kremlin announced on Wednesday.
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.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he will urge Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend peace talks with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy.