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Russia and Ukraine to hold their first direct peace talks in 3 years amid low expectations

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Russia and Ukraine to hold their first direct peace talks in 3 years amid low expectations.

The latest push to end the fighting got off to a rocky start on Thursday , when Russian President Vladimir Putin spurned an offer by Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet face-to-face.

Zelenskyy, meantime, flew to Albania to attend a meeting Friday of the leaders of 47 European countries to discuss security, defense and democratic standards against the backdrop of the war. ___ Aamer Madhani in Dubai , United Arab Emirates , contributed. ___ Follow AP ’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine Hanna Arhirova And Andrew Wilks , The Associated Press .