GENEVA: Ukrainian and Russian negotiators concluded the first of two days of US-mediated peace talks in Geneva on Tuesday, though neither side signalled they were any closer to ending Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II. Negotiations will resume on Wednesday. The United States has been pushing for an end to the nearly four-year war, but has failed to broker a compromise between Moscow and Kyiv on the key issue of territory. Two previous rounds of negotiation between the two sides in Abu Dhabi failed to yield a breakthrough.

Representatives of Ukraine, Russia and US to meet for third round of trilateral negotiations to end the four-year war.

Kremlin says the talks are likely to focus on the issue of Ukrainian territory that Russian wants Kyiv to cede.