By Geoffrey Smith
Investing.com -- Ukrainian and Russian diplomats are discussing a possible ceasefire in talks that resumed in Istanbul, Turkey, on Tuesday morning, newswires quoted an aide to the Ukrainian president as saying.
A statement will be issued "in several hours," newswires reported Mykhaylo Podolyak, an aide to President Volodymyr Zelensky, as saying. Podolyak had earlier tweeted that the delegations "are working in parallel on the entire spectrum of contentious issues."
Separately, newswires reported Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as saying that the main tasks of the first part of what Russia calls a "special military operation" were now completed, stoking speculation that Moscow is also looking for a way to justify a peace settlement.