Russian leader Vladimir Putin has decided to skip the summit with Ukraine he called for and send a lower level delegation for the direct talks planned to take place in Istanbul on Thursday.
If the direct negotiations take place, it will be the first such talks between Russia and Ukraine since March 2022.
Putin's decision was also his way of getting out of a trilateral leader summit that President Trump pushed for and that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has already said he is willing to attend.
On Wednesday night, after several days of silence, Putin announced he will send a delegation headed by his adviser Vladimir Medinsky to the talks with Istanbul.
Posted by John3262005
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Pussy
For a guy that tries to portray himself as tough, he isn’t very tough.
Powertrip though it may be, it certainly comes across as cowardly too.
No one should’ve been that optimistic about these talks, but *still*.