As per the heads of both delegations, Kyiv and Moscow agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war each at the brief Istanbul talks.

After five days of confusion over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal for direct talks with Ukraine, the day they were supposed to begin initially brought only more of the same: a seven-hour stakeout on the banks of the Bosphorus,

Russian and Ukrainian negotiators met in Istanbul under pressure from President Donald Trump to end Europe's deadliest conflict since World War Two.