On Monday, the ground shifted again. After a two-hour phone call with Putin, he said that the conditions of a peace deal could only be negotiated between Russia and Ukraine – an

By Tom Balmforth and Vladimir Soldatkin ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin sent aides and deputy ministers to hold peace talks with Ukraine in Turkey on Thursday, spurning Kyiv's challenge to go there in person to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

An evasive Vladimir Putin embarked on a bizarre monologue about the history of tsarist Russia as speculation mounted over whether he will meet Volodymyr Zelensky in Istanbul for crunch talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin has dispatched a four-strong delegation to Turkey for talks on the Ukraine conflict, after his attendance at a summit in Istanbul was in doubt, with geopolitical exper

The Kremlin said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was serious about trying to find peace at talks he has proposed in Turkey but his spokesman said he could say no more about the talks after Ukraine demanded the Kremlin chief attend.