India, May 16 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio believes that without President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, there might not be a breakthrough in the peace talks with Ukraine.

Putin sent a low-level delegation of his officials to resume the peace discussions in Turkey with Ukraine, while Trump will also skip the meeting.

Putin's delegation will be led by Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky and comprise of deputy foreign minister and deputy defence minister as well.

The talks, which are set to take place in Istanbul on Friday, will not be attended by Rubio either, even though he is travelling to the city on the same day, Bloomberg reported.

Rubio said the Ukraine peace negotiations will be attended by another ...