US EditionExpectations are low for the latest US-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine
The talks aim to resolve disputes over nearly 20% of Ukrainian territory and security guarantees while violence continues, with the U.S. mediating amid ongoing conflict.
- 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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Ukraine and Russia meet in Geneva as Trump piles new pressure on Kyiv
Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia met for the first of two days of US-mediated peace talks in Geneva on Tuesday, with US President Donald Trump pressing Kyiv to act fast to reach a deal. Trump is urging Moscow and Kyiv to reach a deal to end Europe’s biggest war since 1945, though Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has complained that his country is facing the greatest pressure to make concessions. Ukraine’s lead negotiator Rustem Umerov s…
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.
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.
Missile strikes shadow Russia-Ukraine talks in Geneva
Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are meeting in Geneva on Tuesday for a third round of United States-brokered peace talks, days before the fourth anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion. The two-day meeting follows earlier rounds in Abu Dhabi and Istanbul that both sides described as constructive but produced no breakthrough. Fighting continued as delegations gathered in Switzerland.
A further transfer of talks began in Geneva between Russia, Ukraine and the United States in the aftermath of these strikes, which affected 12 Ukrainian regions.
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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