Russian media: Ukraine talks in Istanbul end after about one hour
The second round of negotiations between the Russians and Ukrainians on a possible ceasefire has ended after about an hour, according to Russian news agencies.
State news agency TASS and the Interfax agency cited their own sources as saying the talks were over and that there were no plans to continue the talks later in the day.
There was initially no confirmation from the Ukrainian side or the Turkish hosts that the negotiations had ended.
The talks were intended to discuss ways out of Russia's three-year war against Ukraine, but the two sides were apparently far apart going in to the talks.
Kiev had demanded an unconditional 30-day ceasefire as a first step; Moscow had tied a ceasefire to conditions that included Western states refraining from supplying weapons to Ukraine.
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