Ukraine suspects Russia is not really interested in pausing the conflict and ending the war, and the head of the country’s delegation, Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, said the key points could only be resolved at face-to-face talks between President Zelensky and President Putin.

The second round of talks was even shorter than the first and didn’t address any substantive issues to ending the three-year conflict.

Ukraine and Russia finished the second round of peace talks in Istanbul on Monday, agreeing on a new prisoner of war exchange, Kyiv's defence minister said. Rustem Umerov, who is leading the Kyiv delegation,