Russia and Ukraine hold first direct peace talks in three years
Russia and Ukraine have been holding their first direct peace talks in three years. They gathered in Istanbul for Turkish-brokered negotiations, but officials and observers expected the talks to yield little immediate progress on stopping the war.
A Ukrainian delegation led by defence minister Rustem Umerov sat down with a low-level Russian team headed by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, according to Ukraine's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi, who published a photo of the meeting.
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