Second day of Geneva talks ends; Russia calls them 'difficult'
The second day of trilateral Ukraine-U.S.-Russia negotiations on ending the war concluded in Geneva on Wednesday, Diana Davitian, spokeswoman for the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, told public broadcaster Suspilne.
Russian delegation head Vladimir Medinsky called the talks difficult but businesslike, according to the state news agency TASS.
The session lasted two hours, compared with six hours on Tuesday, according to TASS. A new round is expected soon.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was awaiting a detailed report on the results of all the meetings.
On the eve of the second day of talks, Zelenskyy expressed concern that the current Russian delegation was trying to bring the negotiations on ending the war to a dead end in order to buy more time for Russia on the battlefield.
Axios, citing sources, wrote that although the "military group" at the Geneva talks showed progress, the negotiations in the political group were "stuck" due to the positions presented by Medinsky.
Rustem Umerov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, publicly announced at the end of the first day of negotiations that the discussions had focused "on practical issues and the mechanics of possible solutions." Both the political and military blocs have completed their work.