The demands of Moscow, which demands the complete withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from the eastern regions only partly controlled by Russian troops, prevented a more far-reaching agreement.
In fact, the negotiations sponsored by United States and Türkiye in Istanbul They ended after just two hours. Ukrainian sources have indicated that they also discussed the release of Ukrainian children deported to Russia, as well as a future meeting between Putin and Zelensky, although there are no signs that this will happen soon. The US president, Donald Trump, had indicated prior to the meeting that no progress was likely until he met with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in person.
The previous peace talks, also held in Istanbul, broke up in the spring of 2022 after Kiev discovered the massacre that the Russian armed forces had committed in Bush and other areas of Ukraine.
Source: CESCE




