Ukraine’s foreign minister says he discussed a 24-hour ceasefire with his Russian counterpart but no progress was made, writes Al Jazeera.

The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine met for face-to-face talks in Turkey in the first high-level contact between the two sides since Moscow invaded its ex-Soviet neighbour last month.

“We also talked on the ceasefire but no progress was accomplished on that. It seems that there are other decision-makers for this matter in Russia”, - Dmytro Kuleba said after meeting with Sergey Lavrov.

He described the meeting as “difficult” and accused Lavrov of bringing “traditional narratives” to the table: “I want to repeat that Ukraine has not surrendered, does not surrender, and will not surrender”.

Lavrov, meanwhile, said Russia wants to continue negotiations with Ukraine. He added Western nations were behaving dangerously over Ukraine, and Russia’s “special military operation” there was going according to plan: “We will come out of this crisis with refreshed views of the world – with no illusions about the West. We will try to never again be dependent on the West. Until the end, we wanted to resolve the situation in Ukraine through diplomatic means”.