Zelenskiy Says Russia Dragging Out Negotiations as Talks End
Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov, right, leaves the Intercontinental hotel during talks in Geneva, on Feb. 17.
Photographer: Harold Cunningham/AFP/Getty ImagesA second day of US-brokered meetings in Geneva between Russia and Ukraine broke up after barely 90 minutes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Moscow of attempting to prolong the process.
The talks were difficult and businesslike, the head of Russia’s delegation Vladimir Medinsky said on Wednesday, adding the next meeting will take place soon without specifying when.