Stage set for new Russia-Ukraine talks

AFP | Kyiv

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Russia and Ukraine will hold new peace talks in Turkey tomorrow as a follow-up to two rounds in Istanbul that made little progress on ending their war, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced.

While US President Donald Trump has increased the pressure by giving Russia 50 days to agree on a deal or face sanctions, Zelensky spoke only hours after the Kremlin had downplayed hopes for a breakthrough.

His announcement of a fresh round of negotiations also came in the wake of a fresh Russian barrage on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, which sparked several fires and damaged an underground air-raid shelter where civilians had taken refuge.