Zelensky awaits Putin

UKRAINE'S President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday said he will be waiting for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Turkey this week to conduct face-to-face talks about the war in Ukraine, amid heavy pressure from the United States and European leaders to reach a settlement.

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Mr Putin has not said whether he will be at the talks, which US President Donald Trump has urged the two sides to attend as part of Washington’s efforts to stop the fighting.

Mr Zelensky told reporters in Kyiv that he will be in Ankara tomorrow to conduct negotiations. He will meet Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the two will wait for Mr Putin to arrive, he said.

The Ukrainian leader said he would “do everything to agree on a ceasefire, because it is with [Putin] that I must negotiate a ceasefire, as only he can decide on it”.