President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that if President Trump attended the talks, it would put pressure on Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin, to meet face-to-face.

The Ukrainian president said he would be waiting for Vladimir Putin at peace talks proposed by the Russian president in Istanbul.

Ukraine had framed Zelensky's demand for a face-to-face meeting with Putin as a test of Russia's true willingness to negotiate peace. Arriving in Turkey, he slammed the Russian delegation as "theatrical" and contrasted it to Ukraine's high-level group.

The Russian president has dispatched a delegation to Turkey, after indicating he might attend a summit with his Ukrainian rival, Volodymyr Zelensky

Vladimir Putin is unlikely to travel to Istanbul to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. But with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan willing to guarantee the international pariah's security,

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a fake ceasefire for the May 9 military parade in Moscow. — Ukrinform.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has agreed to meet Vladimir Putin for ceasefire talks - and gave a brave four-word message to the Russian despot: "I will be waiting." President Trump took to Truth Social Sunday afternoon,