By bne IntelliNews Russian president Vladimir Putin was a no-show at direct talks he proposed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and sent a low-level delegation instead that didn't include a single minister,

Volodymyr Zelensky has said Kyiv will send a delegation led by defence minister Rustem Umerov for direct talks with a Russian team in Istanbul. During a press conference in Ankara following a meeting with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan,

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin currently has no plans to travel to Istanbul for peace talks with Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Thursday, but the Russian delegation is there and ready to meet the Ukrainian team.

Vladimir Putin will not be coming to Istanbul to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky as part of the peace talks. The British "Mirror" reports one of the reasons. They claim that Putin has an obsession that prevents him from leaving not only Russia but even the Kremlin.

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Wednesday he would try to urge Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend possible peace talks this week with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, amid suspense over whether Putin would take part in the proposed meeting in Turkey.

With only a day to go, Russia has yet to confirm whether President Vladimir Putin will travel to Turkey on Thursday for peace talks with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the Interfax news agency on Wednesday that the Russian delegation to the negotiations in Istanbul would be announced when Putin gives the order.

Putin and Trump skip Turkey summit leaving peace talks hanging in balance - Moscow has sent a ‘low level’ delegation to meet Ukrainian representatives in Istanbul, while Trump says he could fly to Tur