The first direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in more than three years lasted well under two hours in Istanbul on May 16, with no apparent sign of progress so far in narrowing the gap ...

So what came out of it? MAYNES: Well, yeah, for less than two hours behind closed doors - and there were some signs of progress, including a deal for a mass prisoner swap - 1,000 prisoners from ...

and while both sides agreed on a large prisoner swap, they clearly remained far apart on key conditions for ending the fighting. One such condition for Ukraine, backed by its Western allies ...

"We understand that if we want to make progress, we need to have this meeting of leaders," Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesman Georgiy Tykhy said later, praising the prisoner swap as a "great ...

In Istanbul, Kyiv and Moscow agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war each, according to the heads of both delegations, in what would be their biggest such swap. Both sides also discussed a ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — Russia and Ukraine agree to swap 1,000 POWs each, according to the head of Moscow's peace talks delegation.