Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday he would be in Turkey to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin "personally," and that he was hoping for a complete ceasefire in Russia's war against his country starting Monday.
Zelenskyy's words came in response to Putin's remarks to the media overnight, in which he effectively ignored the idea of a ceasefire — pushed for by Western leaders — and proposed restarting direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on Thursday instead "without preconditions".
