US EditionEnvoys Signal No Breakthrough on Bridging Russia and Ukraine’s Military, Political Differences
Talks ended with limited progress on military issues but deep political divisions remain on territory control and security demands, with the war’s fourth anniversary nearing.
- On Wednesday, U.S.-brokered talks between envoys from Moscow and Kyiv in Geneva, Switzerland ended with no breakthrough in the third round after earlier meetings in Abu Dhabi as the war's fourth anniversary approaches next week.
- Core political disputes focus on Moscow’s demands that Kyiv renounce NATO, sharply reduce its army, protect Russian culture, and withdraw forces from the four eastern regions it occupies, but Ukraine refuses to surrender land.
- Despite talks, Ukrainian armed forces continued attacks, including drone strikes in Zaporizhzhia and overnight launch of one ballistic missile and 126 drones, with monitoring to include the American side.
- Both sides said a new round is planned, Zelenskyy offered a ceasefire and a face-to-face meeting, and Vladimir Medinsky called the meetings `difficult but businesslike`, Peskov said it's `too early` to judge the outcome.
- European leaders warn their security is at stake, while critics accuse Russia of `trying to drag out negotiations` as Washington claims `meaningful progress` over the past year, Steve Witkoff posted.
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Envoys signal no breakthrough on bridging Russia and Ukraine’s military, political differences
GENEVA — The latest U.S.-brokered talks between envoys from Moscow and Kyiv over Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine ended Wednesday with no sign of a breakthrough and with both sides saying the talks were “difficult,” as the war’s fourth anniversary approaches next week.The negotiations in Switzerland were the third round of direct talks organized by the U.S., after meetings earlier this year in Abu Dhabi that officials described as constructi…
Envoys signal no breakthrough on bridging Russia and Ukraine’s political and military differences - The Boston Globe
The negotiations in Switzerland are the third round of direct talks organized by the US, after meetings earlier this year in Abu Dhabi that officials described as constructive but yielded no breakthrough.
Behind closed doors, the Russian Federation is demanding that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization commit to not expanding eastward and to reconsider the 2008 Bucharest summit, where it promised membership to Ukraine and Georgia. This is reported by media outlets, which claim that this is behind-the-scenes information from the current negotiations in Geneva.
At a decisive moment in global geopolitics, new rounds of negotiations between the United States, Ukraine and Russia are beginning in Geneva with the aim of advancing a possible ceasefire after almost four years of war in Eastern Europe. The diplomatic context is complicated by Iranian military maneuvers in the Strait of Ormuz and by the declarations of Washington, which place regional security at the centre of its foreign agenda. Conversations …
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) estimates that Russia is limiting the scope of its airstrikes so as not to anger US President Donald Trump. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the people would reject the transfer of Donbass to Russia. Ukraine, Russia and the United States held a new round of trilateral peace talks in Geneva on Tuesday, and the talks will continue on Wednesday.
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