Ukraine’s president says the country’s delegation for peace negotiations in the Turkish city of Istanbul is at the highest level. Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier held talks in Ankara with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The long-awaited peace talks between Russia and Ukraine are expected to get underway on May 15. But the absence of Russian President Vladimir Putin has lowered expectations of a major breakthrough. Ross Cullen reports from Istanbul.
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