Vladimir Putin rejected calls to join direct talks with Ukraine's leader in Turkey, seemingly unphased by mounting pressure from Trump to strike a peace deal.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky might meet Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Turkey on Thursday – if the Russian leader decides to show up for a summit that he himself suggested.

Russian officials say Russia’s delegation has arrived in Istanbul for peace talks with Ukraine. However, President Vladimir Putin was not part of the delegation, according to a list released by the Kremlin Wednesday night,

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said he discussed the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a visit to Moscow, days after a U.N. report found Russia responsible for the disaster.

The absence of the Russian and US presidents at the peace talks in Istanbul lowers the expectations for a major breakthrough in the war

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.

Moscow’s massacres of Ukrainian civilians blew apart any semblance of good faith as Washington pushed for talks

Estonian forces attempted to board the oil tanker Jaguar - believed to be part of Vladimir Putin’s clandestine fleet used to dodge international sanctions - before a Russian warplane was launched