Officials on both sides play down hopes of major breakthrough in Istanbul ceasefire negotiations
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Face-to-face peace talks between Ukraine and Russia are likely to start in Turkey on on Tuesday, the Kremlin has said, as Kyiv insisted that with Moscow’s invasion largely stalled it was not prepared to make any concessions on its territorial integrity.
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, agreed on Sunday that ceasefire talks would be held in Istanbul, possibly beginning as early as the following day.
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