Turkey is deploying all-out diplomatic efforts to secure a Russia-Ukraine deal, to ease Syria's relations with the West and facilitate Iranian nuclear talks, its diplomatic standing burnished by Donald Trump's approval.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he will urge Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend peace talks with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Vladimir Putin is staying mysteriously silent over Thursday’s face-to-face peace talks over the Ukraine war. Instead of confirming whether or not he will be attending the negotiations in Istanbul tomorrow,

Zelensky has called a one-on-one meeting with Vladimir Putin on Thursday regarding a peace deal, as some say Putin wouldn't "dare" show up.