00:00Russian and Ukrainian delegations are currently in Istanbul for a second round of peace talks.
00:06The meeting is taking place just hours after both sides carried out overnight attacks.
00:12Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan opened the meeting,
00:15expressing hope that the dialogue can reduce differences between the sides and move them closer to peace.
00:21Ahead of talks, the head of Moscow's delegation, Vladimir Medinsky,
00:25said that Russia had received Ukraine's draft memorandum for a peace accord
00:30and would present its own draft at the meeting.
00:33Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier said that Kiev was ready to take the necessary steps for peace.
00:40He reiterated his call for a full ceasefire, the release of prisoners and the return of abducted children.
00:47An earlier round of talks in Turkey last month failed to bring significant outcomes
00:51to end the three-year war apart from a prisoner swap.
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