A Russian drone strike hit Ukraine’s Sumy area hours after first direct talks in three years.
It took three years to get officers from Ukraine and Russia in the identical room.
However President Vladimir Putin, who proposed the assembly, didn’t go to Istanbul and the talks resulted in lower than 90 minutes.
The outcome: an settlement for a large-scale prisoner trade, talks about their presidents assembly, and either side pushing their imaginative and prescient of a future ceasefire.
But, diplomacy is just not narrowing the good hole between Russia and Ukraine.
So, is President Putin agreeing to additional talks to keep away from extra sanctions?
And with Russia steadily advancing on the battlefield, can President Zelenskyy afford to push for peace with out additional compromise?
Presenter: Dareen Abughaida
Friends:
Peter Zalmayev – Government director at Eurasia Democracy Initiative
Pavel Felgenhauer – Unbiased defence and Russian international coverage analyst
Anatol Lieven – Director of the Eurasia Program at Quincy Institute for Accountable Statecraft
