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 reviews Russia's ceasefire terms after failed talks. Zelenskyy emphasizes no rewards for Putin and highlights NATO's importance in curbing Russian aggression.

Delegations from Russia and Ukraine met in Turkey for their second round of direct peace talks in just over two weeks.

Russian and Ukrainian delegates are meeting in Istanbul on Monday for their second set of direct peace talks, a day after Kyiv launched a shock drone attack on Russia’s nuclear-capable bombers.

Russia told Ukraine at peace talks on Monday that it would only agree to end the war if Kyiv gives up big new chunks of territory and accepts limits on the size of its army, according to a memorandum reported by Russian media.

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.

Steve Bannon warned on the "War Room" podcast that Ukraine's wildly successful drone attack on Russia's strategic bomber fleet could be construed as an act of war, depending on how much help the U.S.