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Moscow,
Mar
11:
Russian
President
Vladimir
Putin
has
said
some
progress
had
been
made
in
Moscow’s
talks
with
Ukraine,
while
the
Kremlin
said
the
conflict
would
end
when
the
West
took
action
to
address
Moscow
concerns.
He
further
said
that
Ukrainian
negotiations
were
taking
place
practically
every
day.
“There
are
certain
positive
shifts,
negotiators
on
our
side
tell
me,”
Putin
was
quoted
saying
by
Rueters.
“I
will
talk
about
all
of
this
later,”
he
added.
On
March
10,
the
foreign
ministers
of
Russia
and
Ukraine
met
at
a
Turkish
Mediterranean
resort
for
the
first
high-level
talks
between
the
two
countries
since
the
start
of
Russia’s
invasion
of
Ukraine.
Russia
widened
its
military
offensive
in
Ukraine
on
Friday,
striking
near
airports
in
the
west
of
the
country
for
the
first
time,
as
observers
and
satellite
photos
indicated
that
its
troops,
long
stalled
in
a
convoy
outside
the
capital
Kyiv,
were
trying
to
maneuver
to
encircle
the
city.
With
the
invasion
now
in
its
third
week,
the
U.S.
and
its
allies
prepared
to
step
up
their
efforts
to
isolate
and
sanction
Russia
by
revoking
its
most
favoured
trading
status.
The
move
comes
amid
mounting
outrage
after
a
deadly
airstrike
hit
a
maternity
hospital
in
the
key
Ukrainian
port
city
of
Mariupol,
under
an
increasingly
constricting
10-day-old
siege.
Story first published: Friday, March 11, 2022, 21:33 [IST]