Those who were not reunited with their loved ones took solace in the released POWs providing some information about when their relatives were last seen.
for Putin to meet him in person at the negotiating table.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined for the second straight day Tuesday to tell reporters whether Putin will travel to Istanbul and who else will represent Russia at the potential talks.
“As soon as the president considers it necessary, we will make an announcement,” Peskov said.Russia has said that it will send a delegation to Istanbul without preconditions.Zelenskyy won’t be meeting with any Russian officials in Istanbul other than Putin, Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Zelenskyy, said Tuesday on a YouTube show run by prominent Russian journalists in exile.
Lower-level talks would amount to simply “dragging out” any peace process, Podolyak said.European leaders have recently accused Putin of dragging his feet in peace efforts, while he attempts to press his bigger army’s battlefield initiative and capture more Ukrainian land.
Russia effectively rejected an unconditional 30-day ceasefire, starting Monday, that was demanded by Ukraine and Western European leaders, when it fired more than 100 drones at Ukraine. Putin instead offered direct peace talks.
But the wrangling over whether a ceasefire should come before the talks begin has continued.Marcus Thuram had Inter’s best chances, going close with a header in the first half, then forcing a good save from the otherwise untroubled Gianluigi Donnarumma in the 75th.
There was no spirited comeback, no spectacular “remontada” as against Barcelona.“We didn’t play a great final,” Inter coach Simone Inzaghi said. “That said, I’ve thanked the players for this season, and I’m proud to be their coach. It’s disappointing, but it doesn’t erase what we’ve done.”
Inzaghi said it was too soon to speak about his future as coach. His team next plays at FIFA’s Club World Cup in the United States.Barella referred to getting to two Champions League finals in three years and exceeding expectations in recent seasons.