Ukraine’s Zelenskyy arrives in Turkey for peace talks but Putin is absent

By MEHMET GUZEL, HANNA ARHIROVA and SUZAN FRASER, Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t show up Thursday for proposed direct peace talks in Turkey with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was waiting for Putin in the capital Ankara after challenging him to face-to-face discussions on ending their countries’ more than three-year war.
With Putin absent, the Russian delegation was in Istanbul and it wasn’t clear whether the side