Russia calls Geneva peace talks ‘difficult but business-like’

Russia’s chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said on Wednesday that US-mediated peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Geneva had been difficult but business-like, and that a new round of talks would be held soon. The US has been trying to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, but progress has been halting, with Russia demanding Ukraine withdraw from parts of the eastern Donbass region it still controls, an idea Kyiv has rejected.