Third round of Ukraine-Russia peace talks end in less than a hour with no cease-fire after Trump threatens Putin with sanctions

Putin-Trump meeting seen as inevitable due to depth of issues

Valentina Matviyenko noted that any meeting between the heads of Russia and the United States is generally considered by the world as "historic, with very serious conclusions, results and fallout"

Third round of Ukraine-Russia peace talks end in less than a hour with no cease-fire after Trump threatens Putin with sanctions

Ukrainian and Russian officials ended their third round of peace negotiations Wednesday in under an hour in Istanbul — falling short of establishing a cease-fire but agreeing to a prison swap.