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Talks Between Ukraine and Russia Have Made No Progress On Ceasefire

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Talks between the two countries took place in Turkey today.

Talks between the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers in Turkey have ended with no progress made.

A German government official says the Chancellor and the French president have urged Vladimir Putin to implement a ceasefire immediately during talks over the phone.

There's been international condemnation of the air strike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol yesterday.

The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says three people were killed in an air strike on a children's hospital and maternity unit.

A six-year-old girl was one of the victims.

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov insists the facility wasn't hit deliberately - claiming it had been taken over by radicals.

It's reported bombing has started again in Mariupol - just as Russia and Ukraine's foreign ministers ended peace talks.

There's been no progress on a ceasefire.

German chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron had a call with Vladimir Putin today - and demanded an immediate ceasefire.

The chances of that happening any time soon remain slim.

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