A FTER A WEEK of brinkmanship, Volodymyr Zelensky departed for peace negotiations in Turkey still unsure who he would be talking to. Vladimir Putin stayed silent for nearly four days, before turning down the Ukrainian’s dare of a face-to-face meeting.

President Donald Trump again teased his possible attendance in Istanbul for the Russia-Ukraine peace talks on Friday

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the proposed peace talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Istanbul, ending hopes for a historic face-to-face meeting since the war began.