Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t show up in Turkey on Thursday for proposed direct peace talks with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was waiting for him in the capital of Ankara after challenging the Kremlin leader to face-to-face discussions on ending their 3-year-old war.

The Ukrainian president was waiting for Putin in the Turkish capital Ankara after challenging Putin to face-to-face discussions.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Turkey on Thursday for the proposed peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, but Russian President Vladimir Putin is absent for the meeting. President Donald Trump says he didn't expected Putin to attend if he wasn't going.