Russian and Ukrainian delegates met in Istanbul on Monday for their second set of direct peace talks, a day after Kyiv launched a shock drone attack on Russia’s nuclear-capable bombers, in an operation that President Volodymyr Zelensky said was a year and a half in the making.

Delegations from Russia and Ukraine met in Turkey for their second round of direct peace talks in just over two weeks But officials said the discussion on Monday lasted only slightly more than an hour and produced no major progress toward ending the 3-year-old war.

Delegations from Russia and Ukraine are gathered in Turkey for their second round of direct peace talks in just over two weeks, although expectations were low for any significant progress on ending th