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A second round of direct ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine has ended in Istanbul.
Ukraine says it’s given Russian negotiators a list of children it wants returned, as part of any agreement.
Russia says the children were taken to protect them from the fighting.
Kyiv also repeated its readiness for a 30-day ceasefire.
Ukraine’s defence minister says a new prisoner exchange deal has been agreed.
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says issues standing in the way of a ceasefire could be resolved in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and US President Donald Trump.
He made the comment at a European security summit in Lithuania.
Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky says Ukraine has agreed to consider Moscow’s terms for a full ceasefire.
Al Jazeera’s Dmitry Medvedenko has more from Istanbul, Turkiye.

