New Delhi, June 2 -- Russia proposed a partial ceasefire lasting "two to three days," at talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on Monday, according to Moscow's chief negotiator, Vladimir Medinsky.

"We have proposed a specific ceasefire for two to three days in certain areas of the front line," Medinsky said, "so that commanders can collect the bodies of their soldiers," reported AFP.

The second round of peace talks between the strife-torn nations, hosted by Turkish officials, comes after the first round of negotiations held on May 16, which lasted two hours and concluded with an agreement on a large-scale prisoner exchange but yielded no significant progress toward ending the war.

The talks between Ukraine and Russia lasted an hour.

The two ...