The first direct peace talks in years between Ukraine and Russia are set to begin - without Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin has said the Russian President currently has no plans to travel to Istanbul for the talks. 00:00 Knut Abraham, a member of the German Bundestag for Chancellor Merz's conservative CDU party argues the composition of the Russian delegation shows the Russian President is playing games. 04:27 Olena Prokopenko is a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund and a former advisor to