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Artillerymen of the 15th Operative Purpose Brigade Kara-Dag, of the National Guard of Ukraine, fire a Giatsint-B howitzer towards Russian troops at a position on a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, Ukraine May 11, 2025. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko via REUTERS
Artillerymen of the 15th Operative Purpose Brigade Kara-Dag of the National Guard of Ukraine, fire a Giatsint-B howitzer towards Russian troops at a position near Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on May 11, 2025 [Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko via Reuters]
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin is not expected to attend talks in Turkiye today aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, after the Kremlin named a negotiating team for the first direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks since discussions broke down in the weeks after Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had said he would attend the talks if Putin were present, after the Russian leader proposed Istanbul as a venue for direct negotiations.