Russian troops edged closer to Kyiv on Friday, as officials said the Ukrainian capital was being transformed into a “fortress” and President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of again targeting humanitarian corridors
After talks with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Turkey, Ukraine s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said there had been no progress , even on a 24-hour ceasefire, although Lavrov said Moscow would keep talking.
Russia and Ukraine failed to make a breakthrough Thursday in their first top-level talks since Moscow's invasion two weeks ago, as Russian forces advanced on Kyiv and faced new accusations they attacked a humanitarian corridor into Mariupol.