
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Wednesday he will urge Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend possible peace talks with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, amid mounting suspense over whether the Russian leader would take part in the proposed meeting in Turkey.
Putin proposed restarting direct talks “without preconditions” on Thursday in Istanbul about the more than three-year war. Zelenskyy then challenged the Kremlin leader to meet in Turkey in person.