INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday accused Russia of stalling peace talks and seeking to prolong the war, despite U.S
efforts to broker a ceasefire.U.S
President Donald Trump held separate calls with Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday
The two sides also met for the first direct negotiations in over three years in Istanbul on Friday, but the talks failed to produce a
campaign trail to end the war within 24 hours if reelected, framed his two-hour call with Putin as a breakthrough
But Putin again rejected an immediate and unconditional ceasefire, saying only that he was open to working on a memorandum outlining
possible roadmaps and negotiating positions.Russia launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and now controls about