Putin made 'mistake' sending 'low-level' team to Ukraine talks: NATO chief

Tirana (AFP) May 16, 2025 NATO chief Mark Rutte said Russian leader Vladimir Putin had made a "big mistake" sending a lower-rank delegation to conduct Friday's first direct peace talks with Ukraine in three years. Expectations for the talks - initially proposed by Putin - sank after the Russian leader declined Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's call to meet at the presidential level in Turkey. "He knows e

May 19, 2025 - 09:35
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Putin made 'mistake' sending 'low-level' team to Ukraine talks: NATO chief
Tirana (AFP) May 16, 2025
NATO chief Mark Rutte said Russian leader Vladimir Putin had made a "big mistake" sending a lower-rank delegation to conduct Friday's first direct peace talks with Ukraine in three years. Expectations for the talks - initially proposed by Putin - sank after the Russian leader declined Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's call to meet at the presidential level in Turkey. "He knows e