Russia-Ukraine Talks End With Deal on POWs, No Progress on Peace

A damaged apartment following a Russian attack in Odesa, in June.

Photographer: Oleksandr Gimanov/AFP/Getty Images

Officials from Russia and Ukraine ended a third round of formal negotiations in Istanbul with an agreement to swap more prisoners but little sign of progress on a deal to halt the war.

Ukraine proposed a summit of the leaders of the two countries by the end of August that should also include US President Donald Trump and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Ukrainian delegation leader, Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov, told reporters after the talks late Wednesday.