The second round of talks was even shorter than the first and didn’t address any substantive issues to ending the three-year conflict.

Russia and Ukraine agreed to a new prisoner exchange after their delegates met for a second round of renewed peace talks in Istanbul on Monday, but there was no sign the warring sides were any closer to reaching a ceasefire deal than they were when direct negotiations were restarted a month ago.

Ukraine and Russia have agreed to conduct the largest prisoner and war dead exchange since the conflict began in February 2022.