War could be over in a few days says Russian and Ukraine peace talks negotiator dudes

Russian and Ukrainian officials gave their most upbeat assessments yet on Sunday of progress in their talks on the war in Ukraine, suggesting there could be positive results within days.

Ukraine has said it is willing to negotiate but not to surrender or accept any ultimatums.

Ukrainian negotiator and presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said: 'We will not concede in principle on any positions. Russia now understands this. Russia is already beginning to talk constructively.'

He added: 'I think that we will achieve some results literally in a matter of days.'

RIA news agency quoted Russian delegate Leonid Slutsky as saying the talks had made substantial progress.

'According to my personal expectations, this progress may grow in the coming days into a joint position of both delegations, into documents for signing,' Slutsky said.

Neither side indicated what the scope of any agreement might be.

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