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Expectations Are Low for Latest U.S.-Brokered Talks Between Russia and Ukraine

U.S.-brokered talks in Geneva focus on territorial disputes and potential compromises ahead of the war’s fourth anniversary, with a June deadline set for settlement efforts.

  • Heading to Geneva, Ukraine's Rustem Umerov traveled overland for U.S.-brokered talks, with Gen. Kyrylo Budanov posting a photo of the delegation en route.
  • Amid competing claims over land, both delegations will report back to their leaders before compromises are accepted, Peskov, Kremlin spokesman, said, as talks focus on broader issues.
  • Moscow is sending intelligence and foreign ministry figures alongside Medinsky, while Dmitriev will hold separate U.S. economic talks.
  • With Ukraine's airspace closed, negotiators travelled overland to Geneva amid fighting along the roughly 1,250-kilometer front line as Ukraine reported 62 long-range drones and six missiles launched overnight.
  • Beyond ceasefire prospects, outcomes could reshape territorial control and economic ties, with the United States setting a June deadline for a settlement, despite low expectations.
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In Geneva today Russia and Ukraine, as well as the USA and Iran, are negotiating. In several countries the book by Gisèle Pelicot is published. And at Olympia there are German gold chances again. The F.A.Z. Early Thinker.

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Talks between Ukraine and Russia on ending the war in Ukraine will continue in Geneva today and Wednesday, with the mediation of the United States. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced a broader range of topics than at the previous talks in Abu Dhabi. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky highlighted security guarantees as a priority for Ukrainians.

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The parties plan to discuss security and humanitarian issues.

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Ukraine heads to Geneva for US-brokered talks with Russia as war anniversary nears

A Ukrainian delegation was heading to Geneva on Monday for another round of U.S.-brokered talks with Russian officials, ahead of next week’s fourth anniversary

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