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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/34927261/vladimir-putin-zelensky-talks-istanbul-russia/Putin could reject his own offer to Zelensky.
UKRAINE is now piling the pressure on Russia as Vladimir Putin stays silent on his own offer to meet for peace talks on Thursday.
Moscow's bungle has seen Volodymyr Zelenksy take up Vlad's offer to for a face-to-face meet in Istanbul for long-awaited negotiations between the two leaders.
But the Kremlin has gone deathly silent as Putin weighs rejecting the offer he sent to the Ukrainians.
Zelensky has filled the dead air and now said he will definitely go to Istanbul - but will only meet with his counterpart Putin and not any other members of a Russian delegation.
The Ukrainian is pressing his diplomatic advantage and says Putin is being “very strangely silent” about his own offer.
Zelensky said: "Russian shelling and assaults continue. Moscow remained silent all day regarding the proposal for a direct meeting. A very strange silence.
"One way or another, Russia will have to end this war – and the sooner, the better."
Some in Russia have responded to the possible talks.
The deputy speaker of Russia's upper house said Zelensky's proposal to meet Putin was “comedy and spectacle”.
Konstantin Kosachev said Zelensky should "be afraid" of meeting Putin.
EXCERPT
Calling Putin's bluff.
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