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  • 'Chicken' Vladimir Putin 'a no-show for Turkey peace talks with Zelensky'

    05/13/2025 5:13:40 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 58 replies
    Express UK ^ | 5/13/2025 | Giles Sheldrick
    Vladimir Putin will not show up for peace talks because his 25-year stranglehold on Russia ends if he yields, experts say. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has agreed to an offer of direct talks aimed at achieving peace, but Moscow said it would refuse to honour a ceasefire before and during any meeting. The showdown was tentatively set for Istanbul with US President Donald Trump saying he would show up, but the meeting has yet to be confirmed. The apparent foot-dragging by the Kremlin was seen as a deliberate ploy to continue a bloody war with its neighbour that has rumbled...