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Ukraine's Zelenskyy says he will be waiting for Russian leader Putin in Ankara on Thursday for talks
ABC News AP ^ | 5/13/2025 | ILLIA NOVIKOV

Posted on 05/13/2025 8:16:45 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that he will be waiting for Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Turkish capital this week to conduct face-to-face talks about the more than three-year war.

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Zelenskyy told reporters in Kyiv he will be in Ankara on Thursday to conduct the negotiations. He plans to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the two will wait for Putin to arrive, he said.

Zelenskyy said if Putin chooses Istanbul to hold the meeting, then both leaders will travel there.

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To: marcusmaximus; Petrosius

Zelensky should bring kneepads and cocaine to Istanbul.


21 posted on 05/13/2025 9:45:31 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: marcusmaximus

Given history, can anyone say Turkey is the most neutral location that could be found? Haven’t Russia and Turkey been mortal enemies, since maybe even before Catherine the Great took the Crimea from Turkey?


22 posted on 05/13/2025 11:18:49 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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23 posted on 05/13/2025 11:19:59 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: Dogbert41
Why would he? Every single deal we ever made with Russia we violated

We violated the Budapest Memorandum guaranteeing Ukrainian sovereignty.
24 posted on 05/13/2025 12:06:56 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: rxh4n1

The real Dr. Franklin went to France to get the financing for the war after he was humiliated before the Privy Council in London.


25 posted on 05/13/2025 12:24:47 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Dr. Franklin
the Budapest Memorandum!!!!

Is that next to the Susquehanna Hat Company?

26 posted on 05/13/2025 12:38:46 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: kiryandil

Cokie the Clown


27 posted on 05/13/2025 12:39:09 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: Dr. Franklin

Yes, the real Dr. Franklin was an American patriot, not a Uke patriot like you.


28 posted on 05/13/2025 3:32:21 PM PDT by rxh4n1
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