The first direct peace talks in years between Ukraine and Russia are set to begin – without Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin has said the Russian President currently has no plans to travel to Istanbul for the talks.
00:00 Knut Abraham, a member of the German Bundestag for Chancellor Merz’s conservative CDU party argues the composition of the Russian delegation shows the Russian President is playing games.
04:27 Olena Prokopenko is a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund and a former advisor to Ukraine’s finance minister. She tells DW the best outcome from the talkss is that the US acknowledges Russia is not ready for peace.
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