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Putin skipped peace talks in Turkey that he himself suggested

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The Kremlin confirmed early Thursday that Russia President Vladimir Putin would not be attending peace talks in Istanbul, sending aides and deputy ministers instead. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bowed out soon after, dismissing the Russian delegation as 'decorative.' William Taylor, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, says it's especially odd since Putin suggested the meeting in the first place.

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