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

On Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelensky listed Ukraine’s positions for the talks that included a complete and unconditional ceasefire, the release of prisoners and the return of abducted children. Russia, so far, has rejected calls for an unconditional ceasefire and repeatedly made demands that have already been rejected by Ukraine.

Ukrainian defense chief announces ‘all-for-all' agreement for ill and young prisoners, plus return of 6,000 fallen soldiers on each side