Negotiators for the warring sides in Istanbul appeared to make little progress on ceasefire terms or a possible summit between their presidents – with their meeting ending after less than an hour.

Kyiv and Moscow will hold a new round of peace talks — the first in seven weeks — on Wednesday in Turkey, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

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Russian negotiators are flying to Turkey for the first peace talks with Ukraine in more than seven weeks, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday.

Ukraine offered the Russian side to convene a leaders' meeting, featuring Turkish President Recep Erdoğan and US President Donald Trump, by the end of August. Source: Oleksandr Bevz, a member of the Ukrainian delegation,