Delegations from Russia and Ukraine met for a second round of direct peace talks in Turkey on Monday, although low expectations for the summit seemed to be realized as they ended after just over one hour.

Russia and Ukraine have scheduled no further direct talks on ending their more than three-year war, a Kremlin spokesman said Thursday, almost a week after the first face-to-face engagement between the countries’ delegations since 2022 and days after U.

ISTANBUL — Representatives of Russia and Ukraine met Monday for their second round of direct peace talks in just over two weeks, but aside from agreeing to swap thousands of their dead and seriously wounded troops,