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Ukraine and Russia conclude US-mediated peace talks in Geneva, with President Trump pressing Kyiv to reach a deal to end the four-year conflict. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Feb. 17 (UPI) -- A third round of U.S.-brokered peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine were due to get underway in Switzerland on Tuesday with low expectations of any meaningful progress amid ongoing Russian strikes and Ukrainian counter-strikes.

Ukrainian and Russian negotiators were set to meet for the latest round of US-brokered peace talks following another round of Russian overnight strikes on targets across Ukraine with hundreds of drones and missiles.

Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia concluded the first of two days of U.S.-mediated peace talks in Geneva on Tuesday, with U.S. President Donald Trump pressing Kyiv to act fast to reach a deal to end the four-year conflict. Ahead ‌of the negotiations in Switzerland, Russia carried out airstrikes overnight across…

US President Donald Trump said ahead of renewed trilateral negotiations in Geneva that Ukraine should join the talks without delay, warning that Kyiv “better come to the table fast.” Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump described the upcoming discussions scheduled for 17–18 February as straightforward, saying the talks would be “very easy,” before adding pointedly that this was all he intended to say on the matter.

Ukraine's "main issues" are to be discussed in peace talks held in Geneva this week, the Kremlin says.