Kremlin: Ukraine Peace Talks Must Continue

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that all parties had an interest in continuing Russia-Ukraine peace talks, mediated by the United States, but no date or venue had been agreed yet for the next round.

Russia and Ukraine held three rounds of talks in Turkey last year, and have conducted several more sessions with U.S. mediation in Abu Dhabi and Geneva this year. But they remain far apart on key issues, especially on Russia's demand for Ukraine to cede control of the whole of its eastern Donetsk region.