Ukraine and Russia end latest round of direct peace talks in Istanbul

Russian and Ukrainian delegations at the Ciragan Palace. Picture: Ukrainian Ministry of Defence/AP

Delegations from Russia and Ukraine have ended their latest peace talks in Turkey after just over an hour, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian state media said.

Speaking in Vilnius, Lithuania, Mr Zelenskyy said both sides “exchanged documents through the Turkish side, and we are preparing a new release of prisoners of the war”.