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I'm Rebecca Kesby.
Today, May the 15th,
was chosen by Russia's President Vladimir Putin as the day for direct talks with Ukraine.
When a serious effort would be made to end the war,
he said, he even chose the host and the venue, Turkey.
This proposal was rather dramatically unveiled in an unscheduled late-night TV address to The Nation last weekend.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky pledged early on that he would show up in person.
never confirmed whether or not he would attend.
But when the day arrived, Moscow decided to send an insultingly low-level delegation to Istanbul.
A rather bad-tempered looking President Zelensky had this comment for reporters early this morning.
President Zelensky, do you have a message for Vladimir Putin?
I'm here.