Neither Russian President Vladimir Putin nor U.S. President Donald Trump look likely to attend peace talks that were due to be held in Turkey on Thursday.

Responding to reporters’ questions about Putin’s decision not to travel to Türkiye, Trump said he was not surprised. “I actually said why should he go if I'm not going? I wasn't going to go. I could have gone,

Why Türkiye became the next venue for talks on the Russian-Ukrainian war, what diplomatic maneuvers all the parties involved were conducting the day before, and what to expect from the talks in general,