A senior Kremlin official says clinching a deal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine “is far too complex to be done quickly.”

President Vladimir Putin is open to peace in Ukraine and intense work is going on with the United States, but the conflict is so complicated that the rapid progress which Washington wants is difficult to achieve,

Russia returned Vicktoriia Roshchyna's emaciated body with signs of torture and some organs removed, possibly to hide further traces of torture, the report said.

The body of a young Ukrainian woman who died in Russian captivity after being held incommunicado for many months was returned to Ukraine with several organs removed and showing signs of torture, Ukrainian prosecutors have said.