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Expectations are low for the latest US-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine

The talks focus on territorial disputes and security guarantees with both sides unwilling to compromise, despite the U.S. setting a June deadline for a peace settlement.

  • On Feb. 16, President Volodymyr Zelensky urged timely delivery of air defense support as Kyiv's negotiating team arrived in Geneva, warning Russia plans large-scale attacks on energy infrastructure.
  • Pointing to Munich commitments, Zelensky urged rapid delivery of air defense missiles, citing intelligence that `the Russians are preparing new massive strikes on energy, and air defense must be configured properly`.
  • Recent strikes have caused hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian civilians to lose heating and power, while tens of thousands have died and millions fled since the invasion began.
  • Representatives will meet in Geneva on Tuesday and Wednesday, and Zelensky cautioned that ongoing Russian attacks could hinder progress, with U.S. envoys attending.
  • With the talks timed days before February 24, Russia demands Ukraine cede the remaining 20% of Donetsk, and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, `This time, the idea is to discuss a broader range of issues, including, in fact, the main ones.
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Delegations from Russia and Ukraine met in Geneva for a further round of negotiations on an end to the war. The talks under US mediation are to last two days.

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Russia and Ukraine are negotiating in Geneva – while Ukraine seems to be winning back terrain at the front. And Gisèle Pelicot tells her own story.

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Behind closed doors and with minimal expectations, delegations from Ukraine and Russia began this Tuesday two days of peace talks under the mediation of the United States in the...

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