Ukraine-Russia talks to open in Istanbul without Putin, Kremlin confirms

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Trump agreed to the plan by phone, the European leaders said.
64% : "I think we're having some pretty good news coming out of there today and maybe tomorrow and maybe Friday," Trump said upon arrival in Qatar on Wednesday.
53% : Later, Istanbul was also the hub of the Black Sea Grain Initiative that ran from 2022 to 2023, which with the support of Turkey and the United Nations temporarily allowed for the safe export of grain and other agricultural goods from Ukrainian and Russian ports through the Black Sea -- which had by then become a key theater of the fighting -- to the rest of the world.
40% : "Well I don't know if he's showing up," Trump said of his Russian counterpart.
38% : If we could end the war, I'd be thinking about that," Trump added.
37% : Trump even publicly pressed Zelenskyy to "immediately" agree to the meeting.
31% : But Trump then also backed Putin's offer to restart the talks that collapsed in 2022.
13% : " While Trump agitates for a deal he can sell as a political win, Kyiv and Moscow are maneuvering to avoid blame for the failure of peace talks -- and dodge Trump's subsequent wrath.

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