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ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — The first direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine since the early weeks of Moscow’s 2022 invasion ended Friday after less than two hours, and a senior Ukrainian official said the Russian side introduced new “unacceptable demands.” Before they adjourned, Kyiv and Moscow agreed to exchange…

LONDON – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Russian President Vladimir Putin “must pay the price for avoiding peace” ahead of a European Political Community meeting in Albania on May 16. “Putin’s tactics to dither and delay, while continuing to kill and cause bloodshed across Ukraine, (are) intolerable,” Mr Starmer…

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Highly anticipated talks between Russia and Ukraine could still take place in Turkey, despite Vladimir Putin not attending. May 16, 2025 — 6.40am Read More

Russian president Putin did not show up in Turkey on Thursday for proposed direct peace talks with the Ukrainian leader. Mr Zelensky was waiting for the Russian leader in the capital of Ankara after challenging the Kremlin leader to face-to-face discussions on ending their three-year-old war. But Putin sent just…

Russia and Ukraine are set to hold their first direct peace talks in three years, both countries said, but hopes for a breakthrough remained dim after Russian president Vladimir Putin spurned an offer by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet face-to-face in Turkey. Mr Zelenskyy said he is sending a…

So is this the beginning of the end, the end of the beginning or just a bit of pointless pantomime? Or might it be all of them, depending on your point of view? On the one hand, Ukraine's leader has turned up for peace talks in Turkey with a strong…

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that only Trump-Putin direct talks can break Ukraine war deadlock after Russia sent a second-tier team to talks in Turkey read more US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday the only way a breakthrough will happen in the efforts…

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be attending Thursday, May 15, 2025’s much-anticipated peace talks on the war in Ukraine in Istanbul, despite direct appeals from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a face-to-face meeting. According to a statement from the Kremlin, Russia’s delegation will instead be led…

By Isabel van Brugen is a Newsweek Reporter based in Kuala Lumpur. Her focus is reporting on the Russia-Ukraine war. Isabel joined Newsweek in 2021 and had previously worked with news outlets including the Daily Express, The Times, Harper's BAZAAR, and Grazia. She has an M.A. in Newspaper Journalism at…