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Russia and Ukraine are set to hold their first direct peace talks in three years in Istanbul, brokered by Turkey. However, progress is expected to be minimal. Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov will lead his delegation, while Russia sends a lower-level team headed by Vladimir Medinsky. Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected a face-to-face meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who criticized Russia's negotiating team. Ukraine accepted a U.S.-European

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