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Hello and welcome to NewsHour.
From the BBC World Service, we are coming to you live from London.
I'm Leila Nathy.
Difficult was the verdict of Ukraine's President Zelensky on talks between his officials and their Russian counterparts in Switzerland,
which wrapped up after just two hours today.
Russian negotiators appear to agree.
This was the second day of discussions mediated by the US in Geneva.
President Zelensky has accused Russia of deliberately delaying progress towards a deal to end the war,
which will shortly enter its fifth year.
The BBC's James Waterhouse is following the talks in Geneva and joins us now.
James, should we read anything into the fact that there were just two hours of talks today?
Is that a bad sign?
Was it an abrupt end?
It's really difficult, Layla.