Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, ahead of Friday's talks, said territory remained the key issue – with Moscow having said it is not dropping its demand that Kyiv pull out of its eastern Donbas region. Discussions are set to continue on Saturday.

Vladimir Zelensky said it's good that there will be a trilateral meeting at the technical level

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