Vitaliy Shevchenko

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jaroslav Lukiv |Vitaliy Shevchenko

A second round of direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have ended without a major breakthrough, and only an agreement between the warring sides to swap more prisoners of war. Ukrainian negotiators said Russia had again rejected an "unconditional ceasefire" - a key demand by Kyiv and its allies in Europe and the US. The Russian team said it had proposed a two-to-three day truce "in certain areas" of the vast front line, but gave no further details.