Ukraine says talks in Turkey with Russia fail to make progress towards ceasefire
by Jennifer Rankin , Julian Borger in Washington, Dan from on (#5WYXS)
As first high-level diplomatic meeting between combatants continues, EU leaders prepare to meet at Versailles
High-level talks between Russia and Ukraine ended without a ceasefire, as violence continued across the country, with conditions in the besieged city of Mariupol described as dire and desperate" as residents run out of food.
Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said there had been no progress to achieving a ceasefire in talks in Turkey with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, in the first high-level meeting between the two countries since the Moscow-ordered invasion of its neighbour two weeks ago.
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