Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Turkey early Thursday for scheduled peace talks, but Russian President Vladimir Putin did not show up. Zelensky hammered the Russian delegation

A low-ranking Russian delegation arrived in Istanbul for peace talks with Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday, while a Ukrainian delegation led by President Volodymyr Zelensky and including other senior government figures landed in the Turkish capital Ankara.

Ukrainian president says he is sending a team to meet Russian negotiators in Istanbul, in what would be the first such direct contact in three years.