Neither Russian President Vladimir Putin nor Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will take part in the first direct peace talks since 2022 in Istanbul on Thursday. Speaking from Ankara, where he was meeting with the Turkish president, Zelensky said that without Putin the Russian delegation was merely “decorative”. Read our liveblog to follow the developments.
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