US EditionRussia-Ukraine Direct Talks Fail to Reach Cease-Fire Deal
- On Monday, June 2, 2025, Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in Istanbul, Turkey, for the second session of face-to-face peace negotiations amid ongoing conflict and recent assaults.
- The talks followed Ukraine’s massive drone attack on Sunday using 117 drones targeting Russian airbases deep inside Russia, escalating tensions before negotiations.
- The Ukrainian delegation, headed by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, put forward proposals calling for at least a 30-day complete ceasefire and the unconditional return of abducted children.
- The talks lasted just over an hour, included plans for a new prisoner exchange focusing on severely injured and young prisoners, and exchanged documents via Turkish hosts.
- Despite the negotiations and agreed prisoner swap plans, officials acknowledged deep divides and ongoing fighting make a breakthrough unlikely in the near term.
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Ukraine ‘spiderweb’ drone strike fails to register at peace talks as both sides dig in for the long haul
News of the spectacular “spiderweb” mass drone attack on Russian air bases on June 1 will have been uppermost in the minds of delegates who assembled the following day for another round of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul. The attack appears to have been a triumph of Ukrainian intelligence and planning that destroyed or damaged billions of pounds’ worth of Russian aircraft stationed at bases across the country, including at lo…
Analysis by Matthew Chance, CNN Russia and Ukraine remain as estranged as ever, with the two warring countries failing to make significant progress in direct talks in Istanbul. While the exchange of more prisoners has been agreed upon, Moscow and Kyiv remain deeply divided over how to end the costly and bitter war in Ukraine. Russia has been particularly inflexible, handing Ukrainian negotiators a memorandum reiterating its maximalist and hardli…
Russia & Ukraine Fail to Make Major Progress at Peace Talks in Turkey
Kiev's peace memorandum called for an unconditional ceasefire, rejected Moscow's key demands for recognition of new Russian regions, neutrality for Ukraine and limits on the size of Kiev's military forces.
Ahead of peace talks in Turkey, Ukraine claims massive drone attack on Russia bombers
A new round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have just wrapped up. The talks come on the heels of a Ukraine drone attack deep inside Russia targeting planes. NBC News' Keir Simmons reports more. Editor at The Insider Michael Weiss joins Ana Cabrera to provide more insight on the conflict.
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