Putin and Trump will not attend peace talks with Zelinski Ukraine

Amal that Ukraine and Russia leaders will meet to hold peace talks in Türkiye on Thursday, when the Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and his counterpart in the White House chose Donald Trump to skip the journey.

Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski was under pressure from Trump to participate in talks in Istanbul, but he said he would not do so unless the Russian president was present.

On Sunday, Russian President Putin indicated that he was ready to hold “direct negotiations” with Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinsky “without any preconditions” in Istanbul this week.

The Russian leader did not confirm whether he would attend the talks personally, and Putin’s name was significantly absent when the Kremlin emphasized the delegation that you would send to Istanbul late Wednesday evening.

The Kremlin had attended whether the Russian president would attend the talks, as the press secretary of Putin Dmitry Peskov avoided journalists’ questions about this. When he was asked on Wednesday if Putin would travel to Türkiye, the spokesperson answered that the president was “action meetings” instead.

The Kremlin said that the delegation will be led by presidential assistant Vladimir Midinski and includes Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galozin and Deputy Minister of Defense Alexander Fateno, as well as military military official Igor Costyukov.

After announcing the Kremlin, a senior White House official told NBC News that the top of the United States, Steve Witkeov and Keith Keel, as well as Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, will travel to Istanbul for talks – while Trump will not travel to Turkey.

Zelinski from Ukraine expressed her doubts about the talks this week, commenting on Wednesday that he is still “awaiting knowledge of who will come from Russia, and then I will decide the steps that Ukraine must take.

Kiev was subjected to pressure to participate in the discussions after Trump said on Sunday that Ukraine should agree to Russia’s interview “immediately.”

“At least they will be able to determine whether the deal is possible or not,” Trump wrote on the social media platform.

“If not, European and United States leaders will know where everything stands, and they can move forward accordingly!” Trump said that he “started suspicion that Ukraine would face a deal with Putin” before he shouted, “The meeting is now held !!!”

It is not certain whether Zelenskyy will continue to attend conversations, which are said to be because of 10 am at Moscow time, now after Putin and Trump were not present.

Andrei Yermak, the head of the Zelinski office, was expected to attend negotiations, but there was no official confirmation that he was still participating. Zelenskyy is scheduled to meet Turkish President Erdogan in Ankara on Thursday.