LOADING ERROR LOADINGGENEVA, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in Geneva ended on Wednesday after only two hours, with President Volodymyr Zelensyiy describing them as “difficult” and accusing Russia of deliberately delaying progress toward a deal to end the four-year-old war. The two days of U.S.-mediated peace talks in Switzerland took place as U.S. President Donald Trump has twice in recent days suggested it was up to Ukraine and Zelenskyy to ensure the talks were successful. Advertisement“We can see that progress has been made, but for now, positions differ because the negotiations were difficult,” Zelenskyy told reporters in a WhatsApp chat shortly after talks concluded. Earlier on Wednesday, Zelenskyy had accused Russia of “trying to drag out negotiations that could already have reached the final stage”. “I hope it is just his tactics and not the decision,” Axios quoted Zelenskyy as saying in the interview.

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