Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy is urging Russia to return to the table as he seeks a new round of peace talks next week. Zelenskiyy says he wants to 'speed up' negotiations for a ceasefire.

Ukraine and Russia have held two rounds of talks in Istanbul over the past five months. They have agreed prisoner swaps but made no breakthroughs in ending the war that started in 2014 and escalated with Russia's invasion in 2022.