Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan opened the talks by calling on 'both sides to stop this tragedy.'
Ukrainian soldiers at the entrance of a school in Rudnyts'ke in the Kyiv region, which Russia's military had used as its headquarters in the town before being ousted Ukraine's army on Monday morning. Photo: Andrea Filigheddu/NurPhoto via Getty Images
As peace talks in Istanbul began Tuesday, Ukraine's military pushed back Russia's forces northwest of Kyiv and Mariupol remained under Ukrainian control despite Russian bombardment, per reports including a U.K.
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